People: Henry Kaskov, ASA, has launched a business valuation practice, Kaskov Valuations Inc. in St. Charles, Ill.; formerly managing director at a boutique business valuation firm where he spent over 10 years, his new firm’s website is KaskovValuations.com … The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) has named its outstanding members for the first quarter 2020: Robert W. Carter, MS, CPA/CFF, CVA, CFE, CEPA, partner in charge of the Forensic & Valuation Services group at Hertzbach & Co. PA, and Dr. Robert K. Minniti, DBA, CPA, CFE, Cr.FA, CVA, MAFF, CFF, CGMA, PI, president and owner of Minniti CPA LLC … Annapoorani Bhat, ASA, has been admitted as a strategy and integration consulting principal at Knoxville, Tenn.-based PYA; Bhat specializes in valuation and related consulting services for companies in the health sciences sector.

Firms: Williams-Keepers LLC (Columbia, Mo.) is acquiring a Mexico, Mo.-based accounting firm, Mid-Missouri Accounting Services, which specializes in accounting, tax, payroll, and bookkeeping services … J.S. Held (Jericho, N.Y.) has acquired VWM Analytics (Los Angeles), an economic consulting and forensic accounting firm; VWM specializes in matters including business interruption, economic damages, personal injury and wrongful death, and commercial disputes.

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