You are helping XYZ — a 100°/0 equity financed diversified industrial group - on the required rate of return it should be using to evaluate the performance of its various business divisions. XYZ has three divisions — Ceramics, Sanitary equipment, and Solar panels — with similar asset base. The beta values of (the listed firms comparable to) each division are as follows: • Ceramics 2.0 • Sanitary equipment 1.2 • Solar panels 2.5 (a) Estimate the cost of equity for the firm and for each division assuming a risk free rate of 10% and market risk premium of 6%. (b) The capital budgeting department uses XYZ's composite beta to fix the required rate of return on projects proposed by any division. How might this standard distort capital allocation decisions across different divisions?

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You are helping XYZ — a 100°/0 equity financed diversified industrial group - on the required rate of return it should be using to evaluate the performance of its various business divisions. XYZ has three divisions — Ceramics, Sanitary equipment, and Solar panels — with similar asset base. The beta values of (the listed firms comparable to) each division are as follows:
• Ceramics 2.0 • Sanitary equipment 1.2 • Solar panels 2.5
(a) Estimate the cost of equity for the firm and for each division assuming a risk free rate of 10% and market risk premium of 6%. (b) The capital budgeting department uses XYZ's composite beta to fix the required rate of return on projects proposed by any division. How might this standard distort capital allocation decisions across different divisions?

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