Collaborate With Valuation Professionals Who Complement Your Strengths to Better Serve Clients
Join Erika Heiser and Victor Werley to learn how to effectively collaborate with other valuation professionals to better meet clients’ needs. Fostering a relationship with other professionals helps create a trusting and client-centric environment that ensures basic business functions, such as confidentiality agreements, co-branding, and logistics, are met, which are critical to long-term success. As a result, you can better serve clients, generate more professional opportunities, become experts in specific fields, create a sounding board ...
Start due diligence before accepting an engagement
This is one of the tips in an article from the latest journal of the Chartered Business Valuators Institute (CBV Institute), Canada’s valuation professional organization (VPO) and standard-setter.
‘Brain drain’ is top challenge to appraisal profession, per ASA’s White
“Perhaps the greatest challenge facing the appraisal profession now and soon is the sunsetting of careers by baby boomers and their exit from the workforce,” says Johnnie White, CEO of the American Society of Appraisers, in an interview.
Use the ‘stay interview’ to keep good BV people, advises Borrowman
Many business valuation firms are facing a crisis in terms of staffing.
A Closer Look at the ‘Perfect Storm’ in BVFLS Staffing
A vigorous discussion has been underway about the demand and supply issues related to staffing at business valuation, forensic, and litigation support (BVFLS) firms.
Ownership transition in the middle market
There are an estimated 200,000 middle-market businesses in the U.S., which represent about one-third of private-sector GDP and close to 50 million jobs, according to the National Center for the Middle Market.
Survey shows the graying of the appraisal profession
Two-thirds of appraisers in the U.S. are age 55 and older, according to a survey The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) and the Appraisal Institute (AI) conducted.
Expand your practice with value growth advisory services
A natural extension for a valuation practice is advising business owners on ways to maximize firm value.
CVGA program for value growth advisory services
A training and credentialing program is available for valuation professionals who want to advise business owners on ways to maximize the value of their firms.
Damodaran to conduct valuation training through IMAA
Professor Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) will conduct a 12-hour training class in valuation hosted by the Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA).
Reminder: IRS is hiring BV experts
The IRS is looking to hire experienced business appraisers for six open positions in various locations across the U.S.
Valuers: The IRS is looking for you
Don’t worry—this is not about a valuation you did!
Natural extension for a BV practice
The next logical step after valuing a business is advising business owners on ways to maximize that value.
Practitioners discover efficiencies in wake of lockdowns
The unprecedented events of the past year forced professional service firms to adapt the dynamics of operating an office and meeting with clients.
BV recruiter sees remote work patterns emerging
In a world where the workplace has been turned upside down by the pandemic, hiring someone to work in permanent remote status from the get-go is no longer rare, observes John Borrowman (Borrowman Baker LLC), a recruiter who has worked exclusively in the BV profession for over 20 years.
Power Panel: Live Expert Answers for Today's Tough BV Questions
What is going on next in BV? While we don’t have a crystal ball, we do have the next best thing. Thought leaders Jay Fishman, Neil Beaton, Ray Rath, and Stacy Collins on hand to answer your questions on what is changing, trends within the profession, and thought processes behind tackling tough problems. What’s more, if you send in a video of yourself asking the question, you will get free admission to the session. Use ...
Credential program for value growth advisors June 7-11
A natural extension to valuing a business is advising business owners on ways to maximize that value.
Business Valuation Ethics
With valuation standards issued by AICPA, NACVA, ASA, and USPAP 2020-2021, it is easy to see how complying can be complex. Join Scott Saltzman to obtain a better understanding of the valuation standards that are applicable to you and those that may be applicable to an opposing expert. Any engagement can turn into a litigation matter so making sure you are crafting a complete compliant and competent report in accordance with your professional standards is ...
Deloitte continues to invest in risk management services
Deloitte’s track record for acquisitions in business services technology and related markets continues to astound.
Sneak preview of NACVA’s Mentor Support Exchange
After two years in development, the Mentor Support Exchange (MSX) is scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2021, according to a statement from Parnell Black, CEO of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA).
Power Panel: Live Expert Answers for Today’s Tough BV Questions
What is in store for 2021? While we don’t have a crystal ball, we do have the next best thing. Thought leaders Jay Fishman, Jeff Tarbell, Michelle Gallagher, and Ken Pia are on hand to answer your questions on what is changing, trends within the profession, and thought processes behind tackling tough problems. What’s more, if you send in a video of yourself asking the question, you will get free admission to the session. Use ...
FAU offers online accounting course on data analytics
The School of Accounting Executive Master’s Degree Program at Florida Atlantic University has developed an online accounting course on data analytics in auditing, managerial accounting, and financial statement analysis.
Tip for Zoom speakers using faux backgrounds
We were attending a valuation conference on the Zoom platform, and, when one of the speakers appeared, all we saw was a disembodied head seemingly floating in space—a very cool and creepy effect but not necessarily one you want to see during a business conference or during virtual court testimony!
Easy way to craft content to send clients
The No. 1 handout at BVR’s virtual exhibit booth during the recent ASA International Appraiser’s Conference was the “Grow Your Practice” e-book.
Would you like to showcase your valuation expertise?
BVR is planning an exciting slate of training events for 2021, and we’re looking for valuation practitioners to act as presenters.