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Pandemic, ESOP Woes, Fair Value, Crypto, and Fraud at NYSSCPA Conference
The 2020 conference season is underway, and Business Valuation Update was on the scene—virtually, of course—for the New York State Society of CPAs Business Valuation/Litigation Services Conference webcast live from New York City May 18.
A Forgotten Statistical Concept Tells Why Your Multiple May Be Wrong
In 1885, Sir Francis Galton published a breakthrough treatise entitled Regression Toward Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature. In it, he demonstrated that the children of very tall or very short people tended toward average over time. Galton interpreted this ...
Book Review: Best Practices: Thought Leadership in Valuation, Damages, and Transfer Price Analysis
A “gem” is what this reviewer calls a new book by Robert F. Reilly and Robert P. Schweihs of Willamette Management Associates.
IVSC Meeting in Paris Reveals a Global Perspective on BV
The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) recently held its annual meeting in Paris, and BVU was on the scene. A “Lively Debate” panel hosted by the International Institute of Business Valuers (IIBV) discussed the considerations of new valuatio ...
Valuing Voting Rights in an IP Holding Company
Oftentimes, companies maintain differing classes of stock ownership, with one class maintaining additional rights (superior, or “Class A” shares), and other classes that may not be maintaining such additional rights (inferior, or “Class B” shares). Valua ...
What to Know From the 2023 ASA International Conference, Part 2
More takeaways from the ASA’s annual conference, on the topics of personal goodwill, new SEC valuation requirements for PE/VC funds, customer concentration, buy-sell agreements, equity compensation, real estate-centric entities, and more.
A Dozen ‘Don’ts’ to Help Survive a Divorce Engagement
The nuances of divorce valuations and testifying in court create difficulties that make divorce engagements especially challenging.
Fairness Opinions in Affiliated Party Transactions - Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part article that discusses fairness opinions in affiliated party transactions. Part I of this article (March 2011 BVU) focused on what fairness opinions address, criticism of fairness opinions, and Delaware law’s impact ...
Valuers and Forensics Experts Converge at the 2019 AICPA FVS Conference
A mix of topics had something for everyone at this conference. Of note were some excellent sessions on expert testimony and there was a definite emphasis on fair value for financial reporting.
Global BVU News and Trend January 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Snapshots of the Business Valuation Profession Around the World
Business valuation professionals from all corners of the globe gathered in Atlanta for the 2015 International Valuation Forum on May 7-8, sponsored by the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA). One of the fascinating ses ...
BVU News and Trends May 2019
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News and Trends June 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Twelve Practical Ideas From NACVA’s 2018 Annual Conference
There was no shortage of good ideas at the annual conference of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) in Las Vegas this past June.
BVU News and Trends March 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Explosion of Electronic Evidence Creates New Challenges for Experts
Are you ready for information inflation? If not, then now’s the time to get prepared for the continued proliferation of electronic information that will have a definitive impact on the way BV litigation experts do business in 2009 and beyond.
Business Valuation Year in Review 2016
It was an eventful year for the business valuation profession in 2016, both from a U.S. and global perspective. Here is a wrap-up of some of the more notable developments, some of which set the stage for 2017 and beyond.
Private Secondary Markets Opening New Opportunities For Valuation Professionals
“The public capital markets are broken,” Adam Oliveri, Managing Director of SecondMarket (www.SecondMarket.com), told commercial lawyers, litigators, in-house counsel, and government attorneys at last month’s meeting of the ABA Business Law Section in Den ...
The Evolving Landscape of Intellectual Property That Impacts Valuation
A growing number of developments in the landscape of IP creation and commercialization are impacting IP valuations, or have the potential to do so.
BV News and Trends November 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Fair Value, Statutory Appraisals, Crypto, ESG, PE Deals, and More at the NYSSCPA BV Conference
As usual, the annual New York State Society of CPAs’ Business Valuation and Litigation Services Conference presented some very interesting and useful information. This article provides a recap of what was discussed.
BVU’s Editorial Board Reflects on the Valuation Profession
BVU has been honored to have so many esteemed valuation professionals on its editorial advisory board over the years. We took the occasion of BVU’s 20th anniversary to invite some current board members to reflect on the state of the profession and the pra ...
Seismic Shifts Underway in Business Valuation Practice in the U.K.
More refined techniques are now sweeping away ideas and methodologies surrounding business valuation that have held sway for decades in the United Kingdom.
BVU News and Trends August 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Valuation and Forensics Expert Provides Tips on Damages Engagements
Lee D. Sanderson, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, MST, is the founder of Valuation Forensics LLC, a firm with offices in Boston, New York, and Florida. As its name implies, the firm integrates business valuation with forensic accounting in order to respond to the inc ...