• Measuring, Documenting, and Defending the Company-Specific Equity Risk Premium Selection, October 21, 10:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. ET. Featuring: Robert Reilly (Willamette Management Associates) and Connor Thurman (Willamette Management Associates). CPE credits: 2.0.

This is one of the hottest topics in business valuation today. This session will explore the theoretical basis for including a company-specific equity risk premium (CSRP) and also how to develop and defend it in a litigation context.

• Option Price Modeling in Early-Stage Valuation: Practical Insights, October 28, 10:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. ET. Featuring: Antonella Puca (MPI Valuation Services). CPE credits: 2.0.

This is an overview of the valuation of early-stage companies and their equity securities using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. There will also be examples of how to best reflect dividend and participation rights in the model and how to conduct a delta partition analysis to estimate the volatility of specific classes/series of equity interests in the company.