Global BV News: Reminder: IVSC Virtual AGM October 6-15
This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) will include presentations on the economic and market outlook, retail valuations, internally generated intangibles, and more.
Global BV News: Interesting agenda for IVSC Virtual AGM October 6-15
An economic and market outlook, retail valuations, and internally generated intangibles are just some of the topics at this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).
Global BV News: Damodaran to conduct masterclass on valuation
Professor Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) will conduct a masterclass in valuation as part of the IVAS-IVSC Business Valuation Conference 2020 October 6-7.
Global BV News: CBV Institute leadership address video now available
Mary Jane Andrews, president and CEO, along with Anish Chopra, board chair of the CBV Institute, have delivered an address via video that is now available if you click here.
Global BVU News and Trends August 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: Highlights of KPMG’s Q2 valuation brief
COVID-19 dominates a lot of the discussion in the latest edition of KPMG’s International Valuation Newsletter (12th edition), published quarterly.
Global BV News: iiBV ramps up BV certification courses online
Valuation practitioners in Chile, Europe, and India recently completed the online delivery via Zoom of iiBV 103 (Case Study) offered by the International Institute of Business Valuers (iiBV).
Global BV News: Higher multiples for cross-border vs. domestic buyouts per new study
An analysis of over 1,000 global private equity transactions reveals that cross-border buyouts are associated with significantly higher valuation multiples than domestic ones, says a new study.
Global BV News: D&P surveys impairments in the Asia-Pacific region
Close to a third of the companies surveyed in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region anticipate taking a goodwill impairment, according to a survey report from Duff & Phelps.
Global BV News: Updated guide bridges Canadian valuation standards to IVS
The CBV Institute is Canada’s valuation professional organization (VPO) whose members have the Chartered Business Valuator designation.
A Quiet Revolution Is Going On in DCF Techniques in UK Cases
An initial cautious trickle of valuers using the discounted cash flow (DCF) in litigation work in the United Kingdom has broadened into a stream.
Global BVU News and Trends July 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: Pretransaction PPAs increasing in GCC region, says Deloitte report
The growing importance of intangible assets has triggered an increased number of stakeholders from within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) requesting a pretransaction purchase price allocation analysis, according to a new report from Deloitte Middle East in collaboration with the Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers (TAQEEM).
Global BV News: Proposed international valuation method using Gordon model
With the valuation of a going concern in mind, a newly proposed international valuation method uses the constant perpetual expected growth model (Gordon growth model).
Global BV News: COVID-19 impact on EURO STOXX 50 captured in new study
Not surprisingly, in the first four months of 2020, only six of the EURO STOXX 50 had positive return and the average return was -24.4%, according to Shareholder Return of the EURO STOXX 50 Companies: 2004-2020 (April 30) from Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra—IESE Business School, Spain).
Global BV News: IVSC interviews EFRAG leaders
Issues that overlap the valuation and financial reporting disciplines were discussed during an interview with leaders of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).
Global BVU News and Trends June 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: Auditors seek multiple scenarios for COVID-19 impact
To evaluate the possible outcomes of COVID-19 on valuation, auditors are looking for multiple scenarios for projections, reports a panel on a newly released webinar, June 2020 Update—COVID Webinar.
Global BV News: D&P examines ‘breaking point’ for global firms
Almost half (47%) of alternative investment fund managers polled by Duff & Phelps say that three months is the “breaking point” at which the current economic restrictions impair the ability of businesses to resume business as usual after the lockdown.
Global BV News: IVSC issues third and final paper on goodwill amortization vs. impairment
A new paper offers some suggestions for enhancing the goodwill impairment framework in order to improve the information the framework provides.
Global BV News: At NYSSCPA, Zyla gives update on IVSC
The third in a series of three “perspective papers” from the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) on the matter of goodwill amortization vs. impairment is expected to be released soon, according to Mark Zyla (Zyla Valuation Advisors).
A View From the UK on the Cost Approach Amid the Current Crisis
The Cinderella of business valuation approaches is likely to make it to the ball when we start to count the economic cost of the present crisis.
Global BVU News and Trends May 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: KPMG on cost of capital in Austria
KPMG Austria recommends a risk-free rate of 0.0% and an equity risk premium of 8.5% to 9.0% as of March 31, 2020, for the Austrian market, according to its latest quarterly brief.
Global BV News: Two new members join the IVSC
The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) has announced two new members: the European Mortgage Federation (Institutional Member) and the University of Economics, Prague (Academic Member).