In Italy, the Organismo Italiano di Valutazione (OIV) is the business valuation standard-setter, and it just held its conference this past week. Slide decks for the sessions are available online if you click here. The presentations are:

• IVSC 2024: Revisions to the valuation standards (Douglas Summa);
• Consistency in business valuation methods: practice vs. academia (Anthony Aaron);
• Why business models matter in valuation (Mauro Bini);
• The relevance of trade names in the luxury goods space: more info is needed (Henk Oosterhout);
• ESG in the context of M&A transactions (Susann Ihlau); and
• Early-stage valuation: critical issues (Antonella Puca).