Australasian Capital Confidence Barometer
Our Australasian barometer shows that corporate confidence in the global outlook is steadily improving and local companies are positioned for growth. Learn more.
Capital Confidence Barometer: proceeding with caution?
Despite a more favorable deal making environment, leading corporates are not yet convinced to engage in M&A. Read our sixth Capital Confidence Barometer.
The Leading Edge - April 2012
Welcome to the April edition of The Leading Edge, our regular e-magazine that tackles emerging issues and trends in the transactions arena.
IT as a driver for M&A success
Together with Mergermarket, we surveyed 220 senior corporate and private equity executives about the challenges and risks that IT can present in the transaction process.
Financing Australia’s Infrastructure needs
A research report released by the Financial Services Council and produced by Ernst & Young shows a number of regulatory, structural and political barriers must be removed before Australia’s $1.3 trillion superannuation sector can play a larger role in financing the nation’s infrastructure needs.
Capital Insights Q4 2011: Your Capital Agenda
A new quarterly magazine that explores timely topics to help businesses raise, invest, preserve and optimize capital.
Cash on the road: working capital in the automotive industry
While there is evidence of progress in some areas of working capital, we see significant opportunity for improvement across the entire working capital value chain for the automotive industry.
Cash on the table: working capital in consumer products
Increased competition and consolidation in retail and volatile commodity prices have forced the consumer products industry to intensify its focus on cash, cost efficiency and working capital.
Cash on the chip: working capital in technology
The US technology industry has experienced rapid evolution in recent years and technology organizations are now more global, portfolio offerings have expanded and operating models are more efficient. Discover how a renewed focus on working capital has been critical to this transformation.

Transaction Advisory Services

Managing capital and transactions in a changing world

Need to make better and more-informed decisions about how to strategically manage capital and transactions in a changing world? Let us help.

The Capital Agenda puts your capital needs at the heart of our strategy and focuses on the issues that matter most to you:

Preserving capital

Every business needs to continuously assess the potential impact of evolving market conditions on the performance of its operations and its capital base. Even in a recovering market, companies who believe they are in a stable position can find their situation can change quite quickly.

The preservation of capital requires companies to continuously reassess their strategies, markets and balance sheets to identify strengths and weaknesses.

The focus should be:

Stress and distress — e.g., liquidity issues and turnaround plan
Customer and supplier analysis
Preserving tax assets and minimizing costs
Refinancing and restructuring debt, equity and other obligations
Dealing with stakeholder relationships and pressure
Dispute resolution

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Optimising capital

Today’s economic climate is forcing businesses to candidly assess their financial fitness.

More than a mere review of operations, companies today must conduct objective assessments of the alignment of their business strategies.

The focus should be:

Optimising asset portfolio
Delivery of synergies and effective integration
Improving working capital and releasing cash
Optimising capital structure
Optimising tax and corporate structure

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Investing capital

Investors in your organisation want to know why: why this transaction, why at this price and why now?

Complicating matters, having numerous different stakeholders bring differing expectations of investments and returns.

The focus should be:

Acquisition and alliances
Planning and structuring transactions to optimise stakeholder return
Focused due diligence to mitigate risk and drive value
Asset valuations
Cost- and tax-efficient structures

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Raising capital

A company’s ability to raise capital quickly and effectively is integral to its growth potential and financial well-being. This is true in good times and in bad.

Whatever the motivation for raising capital, companies can access new funds more effectively if they have planned ahead. They should know how and where they could access capital, if they need it.

The focus should be:

Fundraising (equity and debt): IPO readiness, right issues, PE, private placement and capital markets
Optimising funding structures
Asset divestment
Infrastructure projects
Cost- and tax-efficient structures

See how we can help.