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EU risk-free rate declines, and the market risk premium increases to 9.0%

A special edition (fifth) of the “European Capital Market Study” from ValueTrust was released last week.

IPEV offers guidance for 31 March valuations

The International Private Equity & Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines Board has issued special guidance for applying the IPEV Valuation Guidelines when estimating fair value at 31 March 2020.

New Epsilon Research, FactSet, and DealStats studies offer valuers first indications of the current trajectory in private-company values

Most valuers sense that small and medium-sized enterprises are less marketable, and less valuable, than they were at the beginning of the year.

Adjusting the Income Approach Highlights AICPA FVS Conference Panel

A panel at the AICPA FVS Conference fielded a barrage of audience questions about how to help make sure the income approach captures the impacts of the current environment. The panel, moderated by Jim Hitchner (Financial Valuation Advisors), included Lisa Cribben (Wipfli LLP), Harold Martin (Keiter), and Mark Zyla (Zyla Valuation Advisors LLC).

Put extra scrutiny on market comps, panel advises

The market approach is obviously troublesome now, which makes it even more important to scrutinize your comps, according to a panel that participated in BVR’s second free Town Hall event on the impact of COVID-19 on valuations.

Understanding Force Majeure Through Agreement Analysis

Since the onset of COVID-19, organizations are reassessing their intercompany agreements to include force majeure clauses. Force majeure is an “Act of God” clause that allows involved parties to renegotiate or terminate an agreement if an unforeseen or unpredictable event occurs.

Refinitiv ranks the top providers of 2020 fairness opinion valuations

The ‘Global Mergers & Acquisitions Review: Full Year 2020/Financial Advisors’ from Refinitiv contains statistics and also rankings for worldwide providers in the M&A marketplace. Despite COVID-19 and Brexit (and everything else), the UK remained at the top in global activity.

Shot Tower Capital documents music rights value drivers

Many commentators have addressed the apparent decay of value in the music industry, but there is increasing contrarian evidence that musical IP is actually more resilient than other parts of the economy—particularly since COVID-19.

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.

Takeaways from the NYSSCPA BV/Litigation conference

Conference season is here but, of course, in virtual form due to the pandemic.

Global BV News: IPEV issues special guidance for March 31 valuations

The International Private Equity & Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines Board (“the IPEV Board”) has issued special guidance with respect to applying the IPEV Valuation Guidelines when estimating fair value at March 31, 2020, which will be “very challenging.”

CCF being abandoned for DCF, NACVA speakers say

The capitalized cash flow (CCF) method has been all but abandoned for the time being in favor of the discounted cash flow (DCF), points out Chris Hamilton (Arxis Financial Inc.).

One way to analyze a COVID-19-shuttered firm

If you haven’t already, you will probably get this question from a client: “The pandemic forced my business to shut down."

Takeaways from the NJCPA BV conference

The New Jersey CPA Society held its Business Valuation and Litigation Services Conference last week, and event chair Don DeGrazia (Gold Gerstein Group LLC) put together an excellent program of cutting-edge and relevant topics.

Divorcing business owner kept PPP loan a secret

In an Ohio case, the couple began negotiating terms of their divorce in October 2020 and decided to use Dec. 31, 2020, as the valuation date for marital assets.

In re Kinser Group LLC

In § 506(a) hotel valuations, bankruptcy court finds creditor’s experienced expert premised appraisals on “fundamentally flawed” base assumption that hotels would be sold on the valuation date, where debtor’s plan said debtor would retain and operate hotels; court said replacement value applied.

Appraisal Disciplines Reveal Breaking Trends at the ASA Conference

Practitioners from five appraisal disciplines address how they are working in the current environment and their perspectives about trends in valuation over the next year.

ESOPs: good for employees but facing an uncertain future

A recent article in the New York Times extols the virtues of employee ownership through employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

Important Provider Compensation Topics in 2022

To begin a dialogue on important topics in physician compensation and fair market value, PYA surveyed more than 30 physician compensation experts to understand the collective thoughts on issues impacting these topics in 2022. These issues range from compensation for advance practice practitioners to value-based compensation. Please join PYA Senior Manager Katie Taylor as she discusses key physician compensation issues in 2022 ...

A Nation Getting Older: Valuing Senior Citizen Focused Companies

Join Vanessa Claiborne to learn the latest market trends in senior living, including the impact of the pandemic on value, key valuation metrics, and the short- and long-term outlook for valuations. With discussions on both skilled nursing and senior housing, this event will assist you in practical ways. Don’t miss this distinguished event.

Easing on physical inspections begins while RICS (and others) promote data-driven property appraisals

BVWire—UK has been following the evolution of the property appraisal market as it switched to data-only valuations in response to COVID-19 (and mortgage lenders either stopped issuing new loans, or significantly reduced their maximum loan-to-value cap, effectively keeping most new buyers out of the market).

CPE events

Side Effect of COVID-19: Beta Changes Impacting Business Valuations. New Date: December 10, 10:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. ET; Featuring: Clifford Ang (Compass Lexecon) and Andrew Roper (Catalyst Economic Consulting LLC).

CPE events

Side Effect of COVID-19: Beta Changes Impacting Business Valuations. New Date: December 10, 10:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. ET; Featuring: Clifford Ang (Compass Lexecon) and Andrew Roper (Catalyst Economic Consulting LLC).

Long-term inflation estimates rise, per Kroll infographic

Long-term inflation expectations for the U.S. and Germany, a key starting point to evaluate the long-term growth rate used in the terminal year of DCF analyses, are significantly higher when compared to June 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, according to a newly updated infographic from Kroll.

Small Business, Bankruptcy and Business Valuation

The Small Business Restructuring Act makes Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings faster, cheaper and more efficient for companies that come to Bankruptcy Court with debts below the statutory cap. That may allow certain small business to survive the current turmoil resulting from the corona virus pandemic. What is, however, not yet clear is the role of business valuators in the process. Michael Pakter explains what that role might be.

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