BVR has a good crop of CPE events on a variety of interesting topics.
Valuing Franchises (March 27), featuring Theresa Zeidler-Shonat and Bill Pellino (both Smith & Gesteland LLP). As surreptitiously complex as they are ubiquitous, franchisee and franchisor businesses represent both tremendous opportunity for appraisers and tremendous peril for those unaware of how nuanced franchise agreements and operational considerations affect value. Learn how to prepare for the best and worst of franchise valuations in this 100-minute webinar.
Proper Use of the Multi-Period Excess Earning Method (April 1), featuring Anthony Aaron (Ernst & Young). Aaron, an expert appraiser and vice chair of The Appraisal Foundation Board, joins BVR for Part 4 of the 2014 Online Symposium on Fair Value Measurement to examine the proper implementation and interpretation of the multi-period excess earnings method.
The Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Calculator: Utilizing New Data and Features for 2014 (April 17), featuring James Harrington (Duff & Phelps). With the release of the new Valuation Handbook, the Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Calculator is getting even better, incorporating new data and features to continue its evolution as one of the best resources for determining defensible cost of capital measures. In this free one-hour webinar, James Harrington, co-creator of the Calculator, joins BVR for a guided tour of these new enhancements and how they make the process of cost of capital determination more reliable than before.