BVWire is just back from the annual conference of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts in Salt Lake City, which attracted a good crowd both in-person and online via live streaming. Some of the sessions on our radar included one on new research regarding growth rates (part of an emerging trend of re-examining the components of the terminal value), the cost of capital “conundrum” (which had some heads spinning over rising complexities), management projections (a very hot topic), a new mechanism for reconciling the outcomes of different valuation methods, the controversy over calculation engagements, a “tell-all” session with judges on the panel, and several sessions on storytelling. We’ll have some takeaways in the next issue of BVWire.