Journal of Business Valuation 2015 Edition
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Global BV News: Highlights of KPMG’s Q1 valuation brief
Heightened tensions in the Middle East, the UK leaving the EU, and signs that the trade dispute between China and the U.S. is subsiding are all addressed in the latest edition of KPMG’s International Valuation Newsletter (11th edition), published quarterly.
EFRAG forming advisory panel on intangibles
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is looking for experts to serve on its Advisory Panel on Intangibles.
Global BV News: OIV Journal tackles 10 big BV issues
An interesting roundtable discussion on the 10 big issues in business valuation appears in the Fall 2019 issue of the journal of the Organismo Italiano di Valutazione, the valuation standards-setter in Italy.
Global BV News: Video of panel on whether goodwill is a wasting asset
Accounting rule makers across the globe are mulling the idea of upending the current goodwill impairment model and reverting back to one of amortization.
Global BVU News and Trends January 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: BV education doings in Ethiopia
Participants from 30 banks and insurance companies and several consulting companies attended the Art & Science of Business Valuation conference last month at Addis Ababa University School of Business and Education auditorium.
Business Valuation OIV Journal Fall 2019
Business Valuation OIV Journal has been created by Organismo Italiano di Valutazione (OIV), the Italian Valuation Standard Setter, to provide a forum for discussion and to foster cultural progress in the field of business valuation. In this issue, articles include "Roundtable: 10 Big Issues in Business Valuation"; "The Limits of Accounting Rates of Return and the Calibration Trap in Applying Accounting-Based Models in Modern Business Valuation Practice"; and "Connecting Economic Value to Company Strategy: Critical Issues and New Perspectives."
Global BV News: The story’s the thing at EACVA confab
A keynote address at the European Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (EACVA) 13th Conference for Valuation Professionals stressed the importance of storytelling in business valuations.
Global BV News: The BV profession in France is strengthening
The valuation profession in France is not regulated, and there are no formal requirements or obligations to hold specific credentials.
Global BV News: IACVS and ANEVAR sign cooperation pact
Under a recently signed agreement, the International Association of Certified Valuation Specialists (IACVS) and the National Association of Authorized Romanian Valuers, Romania (ANEVAR) will work together in all aspects of member benefits (such as reciprocity) and education opportunities.
Business Valuation Update Yearbook, 2020 Edition
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Reports From Global BV Conferences: ICVPME, IVSC, IACVS, ICAEW
The “I” in all of these acronyms stands for “international,” and Business Valuation Update brings you some key takeaways from several recent global conferences.
Global BVU News and Trends December 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: IACVS and KPCG ink cooperation deal
The International Association of Certified Valuation Specialists (IACVS) and the Chamber of Appraisers of Montenegro (KPCG) reached a cooperation agreement in November 2019.
Global BV News: TEGoVA OKs draft of first European BV standards
For years, the European Group of Valuers’ Associations (TEGoVA) was hesitant to add guidance on business valuation to its European Valuation Standards because its members are real estate valuers.
Global BV News: KPMG Germany releases 2019 cost of capital study
Subtitled “The Calm Before the Storm—Rising Profits and Deflated Values?” the 14th edition of the Cost of Capital Study from KPMG Germany examines, among other things, the impact of regulatory interventions, scarcity of resources as well as digitalization on business models, their performance (cash flows) and their risk (cost of capital) by industry sector.
Global BVU News and Trends November 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: IASB also eyes reintroduction of goodwill amortization
As the FASB is doing in the U.S., the International Accounting Standards Board is also exploring whether to reintroduce goodwill amortization.
The state of the business valuation profession, a la KPMG
Unresolved political uncertainties over the past quarter continue, reports KPMG in its 10th edition of the International Valuation Newsletter, published quarterly.
Global BV News: Highlights of KPMG’s Q3 valuation brief
Political uncertainties over the past quarter remain unresolved, such as the potential conflict between the U.S. and Iran, trade dispute between the U.S. and China, and the Brexit negotiations, reports KPMG in its 10th edition of the International Valuation Newsletter, published quarterly.
Global BV News: November 15 deadline for feedback on Hong Kong standards
The eyes of the world have been on Hong Kong for very different reasons than business valuation.
Understanding Tax Amortization Benefit Considerations and the International Impact
When valuing a foreign target company in the context of a purchase price allocation, the local tax rules within the company’s jurisdiction often go unnoticed, but they should be considered and applied pursuant to the acquisition structure.
Global BVU News and Trends October 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Global BV News: Call for statutory regulation for valuers in India
At the first Global Valuation Summit organized by the Institute of Valuers (IOV) in New Delhi, the chairman of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) said that a statutory body should be established for valuers in that country.