Business Valuation Update
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- Ideas for Solving Two Problems in the BV Profession
- How Do Your Firm’s Benefits Stack Up?
- Using Rule of Thumb Data to Uncover Cooked Books
Risk Free Rate Update
At the time I write this (the morning of Aug. 8, 2011), it appears that the initial reaction in worldwide equity markets to the turmoil in the euro zone and Standard & Poor’s downgrade over the weekend of the U.S. government’s credit rating has been to se ...
BVU News and Trends March 2019
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Systemic Methodology Calculates Size Premiums
Building on the recent equity risk premium study we presented (BVU, Nov. 2005) and one of our latest telephone conferences (Top Controversies in Determining Cost of Capital, Feb. 1, 2006), this article offers a new method to ‘smooth over’ the debate on a ...
Nicholas and Barry offer Media Industry Research Sources
Stamos Nicholas and Steve Barry offered a list of essential industry research sources for any appraiser with clients in this market segment to attendees at the ASA Current Topics in Business Valuation Conference.
Global BVU News and Trends March 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Proposed DOL Regulation Includes Appraisers as ERISA Fiduciaries
Since 1976, U.S. Department of Labor policy has held that independent appraisers valuing ESOP stock are not considered fiduciaries. However, that policy could be reversed by a proposed DOL regulation announced last month (October 22) in the Federal Regi ...
Pros and Cons of Models for Estimating the Cost of Equity in a Global Setting
There was a great deal of interest in international cost of capital at the recent 2015 International Valuation Forum in Atlanta, sponsored by the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA). During a presentation on this topic ...
BV News At-a-Glance
A monthly roundup of key developments from the standard setters, regulators, and valuation professional organizations (VPOs), plus noteworthy new books, research papers, and studies of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News At-a-Glance
A monthly roundup of key developments from the standard setters, regulators, and valuation professional organizations (VPOs), plus noteworthy new books, research papers, and studies of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends April 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BVU News and Trends April 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BVU News and Trends March 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BVU News and Trends May 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BVU News and Trends October 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BVU News and Trends March 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends August 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Has the Size Effect Disappeared?
Many researchers have documented that the size effect has diminished since the 1980’s, says Mike Crain, speaking at the AICPA National Business Valuation Conference in DC. He offered the following academic studies on this point: • Eleswarapu and Rein ...
Global BVU News and Trends June 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Takeaways From the AICPA FVS Conference
We attended many of the sessions at the AICPA’s 2017 Forensic and Valuation Services conference in Las Vegas along with over 1,000 attendees and found no shortage of tips, ideas, and advice.
Global BVU News and Trends June 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BVU News and Trends September 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BV News and Trends January 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Conference Report: IP Value is at the Center of Transfer Pricing Tax Planning
"IP is the central and residual claimant to profits," began Wes Cornell (Ceteris) in his presentation at BVR's IP Valuation Summit on September 15. "Companies are aggressively moving IP and their profit and income streams to low-tax jurisdictions as a ke ...
Using the Butler Pinkerton Calculator: A Case Study
In our valuation practice, we often find ourselves valuing privately held companies where the investor and the pool of likely buyers for the investment are not well-diversified. We have found the Butler Pinkerton Calculator (BPC) to be a great tool in dev ...
BVU News and Trends January 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.