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Journal of Business Valuation 2020 Edition
From the CBV Institute ...
Valuing Accounting Firms: Unique Factors and Litigation Issues
Join expert appraisers Bryan Rice and Gary Holmes as they discuss the current trends and issues in the valuation of CPA firms, including how to position a practice for sale and how to successfully transition ownership. This program will also cover valuation and damage issues for CPA firms arising in litigation, including buy-sell agreements and personal goodwill.
Some of the best accounting firms to work for do BV
Accounting Today has announced its list of 2017 Best Accounting Firms to Work For, based on a firm’s workplace environment and employee feedback.
Merger mania heats up for accounting firms
It's merger mania time for accounting firms—and it won't let up anytime soon, according to the new 2015-2016 Rosenberg MAP Survey, an annual study of CPA firm statistics.
Dates for your business valuation diary
IVSC-WAVO Global Valuation Conference 2019—13-14 June, Frankfurt, Germany ...
Positive BV growth at most Top 100 accounting firms
About two-thirds of the Top 100 accounting firms report increased growth in their business valuation services, according to the 2015 Top 100 firms survey by Accounting Today.
Big Four control of UK audit market increased again last year, FRC reports
For the 17th year, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) surveyed members of the six UK accounting associations (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI/CAI), Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)), plus the Association of International Accountants (AIA).
BV movers . . .
Richard Hayler (FCA) has joined Deloitte Southeast Asia as the Lead Partner for Disputes specialising in valuation, financial and accounting issues.
New edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS is released
Cengage have released the 6th edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Edition in the educational market, written by Krishna G. Palepu (Harvard University), Paul M. Healy (Harvard University), and Erik Peek (Erasmus University).
Dates for your business valuation diary
IVSC-WAVO Global Valuation Conference 2019,13-14 June, Frankfurt, Germany ...
Dates for your business valuation diary
ICAEW Practical Business Valuation, 11 and 25 September and 11 and 25 November, London ...
Dates for your business valuation diary
ICAEW Practical Business Valuation, 11 and 25 September and 11 and 25 November, London ...
What factors contribute to inconsistent business valuation multiples?
Three professors at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management reviewed 1,149 recent private equity cross-border transactions to determine the consistency of the business valuation metrics.
A marketing channel for business valuers—for better times ahead
Solicitors and their clients use Who’s Who Legal (WWL) to research case law and find experts.
Large private companies may require independent financial and valuation reviews, just like their listed competitors
The UK’s consultation on corporate governance and audit reform, announced in March, asserts that large private enterprises—and their directors—should be held to the same reporting standards as listed companies.
Republished CEO gender study demonstrates the limitations of finance theory when applied to business valuation
A revised finance theory study, “Age, Gender, and Risk-Taking: Evidence From the S&P 1500 Executives and Market-Based Measures of Firm Risk,” reappeared in the new issue of the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting last month.
CalcBench analysis shows IASB (and everyone else’s) efforts to clarify intangibles reporting hasn’t helped—yet
Many business valuers struggle to make sense of financial statement data from listed companies—never mind The Companies House.
Goodwill should not be a ‘wasting asset’
Goodwill has resurfaced as a valuation topic globally this year, so much so that the IVSC’s first article on the subject, ‘Is Goodwill a Wasting Asset?’ has been downloaded thousands of times already.
Navigating a Fair Value Audit Review
Get an inside look at how public accounting firms review fair value appraisals prepared for their clients’ financial reporting purposes with a 360-degree overview of the audit review process. Join experts Kesh Iyer and Lindsay Hill as they review the roles individuals play (e.g., audit team versus valuation team); the impact of risk on the level of scrutiny required for a review; and practical examples of how the fair value review team documents assumptions underlying ...
The Fair Commission Model for Valuing Goodwill in Small Service Businesses
Hundreds of thousands of small service businesses are operating in the United States. These include accounting, tax, and bookkeeping practices; barbers and hair stylists; chiropractic, primary care, and dental practices; veterinarians; landscapers, house cleaners, and pool servicers. These businesses are small by virtue of being owned by one or a few owners who, in addition to managing the business, provide personal services directly to their clients, patients, or customers. Specialty brokerage firms often mediate equity ...
Expert’s Detailed Risk Analysis Bolsters Use of Deep Discount in Law Firm Valuation
In buyout dispute over law firm interest, court credits firm’s expert, noting his extensive relevant experience, his taking care to value interest under fair market value standard, as required by the partnership agreement, and his detailed risk analysis to support a deep discount.
High Court Dissent Rebukes Chancery’s Analysis in Option Valuation Case
In medical company valuation case, high court affirms award to option holders based on deference owed to trial court’s findings of historical fact; dissent says Chancery’s dismissal ...
Court Approves of Adding Goodwill as Intangible in Asset-Based Valuation of Accounting Practice
Appeals court upholds trial court’s valuation of accounting firm based on asset approach where prevailing expert added goodwill value as intangible; court says intrinsic standard of value does not mandate use of income approach for service-based entity.
Law Firms: Valuation and Other Consulting Opportunities
Ron Seigneur examines of one of the trickiest and, some would say, most ubiquitous professional service companies to value. Through this presentation, expert Ron Seigneur reviews the operational characteristics of law firms, the challenges they present, and how best to overcome these obstacles in the valuation process. Participants will receive a customized information request list for a law practice valuation assignment. In addition to Seigneur's past position as CFO of a 50-attorney firm, he has ...
Fair Value Measurements in 2020
CEIV. MPF. IVS. In the world of Fair Value Measurement it can be hard to keep your acronyms straight let alone keep your pulse on the latest developments. Expert Mark Zyla leads the demystifying session to help the rest of us to stay current on the issues. Bring questions and start 2020 off right with a kick off session from the man who literally wrote the book on Fair Value Measurements.