The Market Participant Acquisition Premium (October 16), featuring Travis Harms (Mercer Capital). Created to "distinguish … from the more general (and occasionally controversial) notion of the control premium," the market participant acquisition premium (MPAP) is the newest term to be introduced to the fair value canon. Learn about its purpose, creation, and use from a member of the working group whose discussion draft generated the term.
Valuing Covenants Not To Compete in Healthcare (October 21), featuring Jason Ruchaber (Berkeley Research Group). Though not uncommon in healthcare transactions, noncompete clauses can exacerbate the already difficult task of analyzing the incomes of professional staff. In Part 10 of BVR's Online Symposium on Healthcare Valuation, Ruchaber addresses how covenants not to compete are created and what this means for their valuation.
Appraisals (USPAP), Valuations (SSVS1), and Calculations in Litigation (October 23), featuring R. James Alerding (Alerding Consulting) and Jay Fishman (Financial Research Corp.). Learn how to effectively communicate the process and conclusion of an appraisal for any legal setting in any context with the foremost experts on the standards that govern how appraisers draft and deliver their work.