People: The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) has named Ronald D. Rudich, the founder of Business Valuation Group LLC, a Baltimore area business valuation and litigation support services company, Outstanding Member for the first quarter of 2019 … Two developments at global consulting firm Berkeley Research Group that expand its presence in Singapore: Dr. Peter Bird has been appointed as a managing director based in Singapore where he will focus on providing expert evidence on economic and financial issues in international arbitration; and Tigran Ter-Martirosyan, a director, is a business valuation and forensic accounting expert who has relocated to the Singapore office from London … Ron Ewing, ASA, CFA, senior vice president at Valuation Research Corp., has retired; he joined the firm in 1999 as an analyst specializing in business and intangible asset valuations … Samit Shah has joined Dixon Hughes Goodman as a principal in the firm’s Transfer Pricing Services Group; he will be based in DHG’s Atlanta office and will focus on international tax services and global transfer pricing consulting projects.

Firms: Duff & Phelps received the award for Best Valuations Firm for Hard to Value Assets at the 11th Annual HFM European Hedge Fund Services Awards in London … New Philadelphia, Ohio-based Rea & Associates plans to merge with Tucker & Tucker CPAs, effective May 1; the merger will add six more employees and one partner—who will work out of Rea’s Cambridge, Ohio, office—to the firm … Anders CPAs + Advisors of St. Louis is expanding its service offerings for businesses in the cannabis industry in the wake of the legalization of medical marijuana in Missouri … The American Society of Appraisers and RICS have announced a cooperation agreement to further the work of shared standards, training, and resources to support business valuation professionals internationally.

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