Publications - Market & Value Advisory issues

Precious Plastic 2007 - Consumer credit in the UK
The majority of credit card users will be the losers as consumer protection rules could cost lenders £1 billion a year.(Previous editions of Precious Plastic)

PwC Competition Notes
The Spring 2005 edition reflects recent market developments by focusing on mergers. The articles discuss the significance of buyer power in mergers and examines the use and abuse of merger simulation in defending proposed mergers.

Economic analysis of the TV advertising market
Multi-channel services to drive growth in TV advertising revenues over the next decade, according to this PricewaterhouseCoopers report for Ofcom.

The real cost of capital: A field guide to better business decisions
The real cost of capital describes the key issues in understanding and using the cost of capital today, taking principles from the world of managerial finance and putting them into the context of major investment decisions.

LNG to power: first among equals
PwC's energy specialists discuss the important role governments and regulators play in the LNG sector in this article from Petroleum Economist 2004.

IFRS - is your share price at risk?
This paper discusses the potential consequences for the banking sector of the increased volatility expected to affect share prices, dividends, and merger & acquisitions activity.

A tax on mergers?
This PwC study surveys the management time and external costs to business of multi-jurisdictional merger reviews.

Commitment to a 'carbon-lite' economy
In this response to the 2003 White Paper, PwC's energy specialists Richard Gledhill and Mark Hughes assesses the implications for both energy companies and consumers in the UK.