Here’s what you’ll see in the October 2014 issue of Business Valuation Update:

• FMV’s Two-Year Equivalent Discounts for Lack of Marketability Methodology and Calculator (Lance S. Hall, ASA, and David Bertucci). A new methodology has made current restricted stock data meaningful in the determination of DLOM for private companies.

• Getting Your Head Out of the Model: Valuing a Multinational Company (James T. Budyak, CPA/ABV, CFA, ASA). The author presents a framework to develop a more realistic valuation and cost of capital for global firms.

• Update on Key Health Reform Measure That Impacts Healthcare Valuations (BVR Editor). Don Barbo (Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP) and Robert Mundy (Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C.) give a rundown of how the different provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are affecting valuations in the healthcare industry.

• Opportunities and Special Considerations in the Valuation of Hotels (BVR Editor).No longer the exclusive domain of real estate appraisers, hotels and resorts present a good opportunity for business valuation experts.

To read these articles—plus a digest of the latest valuation-related court cases—see the October issue of Business Valuation Update (subscription required).