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Review and Update of BV Standards and Guidance—What You Need to Know. May 11, 10:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. ET. Featuring: R. James Alerding (Alerding Consulting LLC). CPE Credits: 2.0.

Agenda | 2021 National Economic Damages Virtual Conference

The National Economic Damages Virtual Conference brings together the pre-eminent attorneys and expert witnesses that prepare and litigate damages cases.

Deal prices for private equity transactions stay high—but are the underlying assets less profitable?

The new DealStats Value Index Digest notes a worrisome trend: The average EBITDA margin of deals completed last quarter dropped.

Gallagher survey anticipates higher contingent liabilities from litigation

Two-thirds of UK businesses expect litigation claims to remain at a high level or to increase this year, with 56% having faced accusations of unlawful behaviour in the last five years.

New rules for FMV in healthcare should dull DOJ’s sword

The Department of Justice has taken an aggressive stance in fraud and abuse cases involving the measurement of fair market value of physician compensation.

A new resource to compare the value of all intangibles

Now in its newly released third edition, Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations offers data on 18 categories of intangible assets including goodwill.

Two state CPA societies host BV events this month

Some state CPA societies organize business valuation conferences, and two of them are coming up later this month.

The future of goodwill

After years of acquisitions, goodwill now dominates most listed company financial statements.

Dates for your diary

23 September: Fried Frank Webinar on the UK’s New Cross-Class Cram-Down Restructuring Provisions, virtual ...

Global BV News: Multiples in China lower than year-end 2020

As of Aug. 31, 2021, earnings multiples (price to LTM earnings) for Chinese companies were lower overall than those at the end of 2020, with an average of 30.8x compared to 40.3x for year-end 2020, according to “China Transactions Insights—Fall 2021” from Duff & Phelps (a Kroll business).

Demand for Forensic Litigation Professionals Creates Shortages

Lately, there has been chatter about the demand for experienced business valuation forensic litigation specialists exceeding the supply of such people.

Updated ‘Stout Restricted Stock Study Companion Guide’ available

The most widely used restricted stock transaction database for providing empirical support for a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) is the Stout Restricted Stock Study (formerly FMV Opinions).

CPE events

Healthcare Valuations: A Checkup. February 23, 10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. ET. Featuring: Kathryn A. Taylor (PYA PC) and Justin Conant (PYA PC). CPE credits: 1.5.

Corona is still the most valuable beer brand, per Brand Finance study

Corona has retained the No. 1 spot on the list of the world’s most valuable beer brands, according to “Beers 50 2022,” an annual report from Brand Finance.

Argos Index of deal multiples holds steady, at 10.0x EBITDA, despite market turmoil

This index, prepared by Epsilon Research, tracks the valuations of eurozone private, midmarket companies in which a majority stake has been acquired during the last six months.

Bieber sells music rights; what are the value drivers?

Singer Justin Bieber has sold his music rights for around $200 million, according to various reports.

Weight Loss Services/Centers

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Preview of the July 2020 issue of Business Valuation Update

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Preview of the October 2020 issue of Business Valuation Update

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Valuing Full Service Restaurants Excerpt

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The Restructuring Act continues to reduce insolvencies but will a registration ‘surge’ follow?

Business valuers may be seeing less insolvency work as government measures to minimise insolvencies reduced registrations 38% in the first quarter of the year, as reported in the UK’s latest quarterly company insolvency statistics, published on 30 April.

Preview of the October 2021 issue of Business Valuation Update

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Preview of the November 2021 issue of Business Valuation Update

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BVWire-UK, July 7, 2020, Issue #16-1

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7 July 2020 | Issue 16-1 BVWire—UK is a free service from BVR focusing on the business valuation profession in the United Kingdom. We offer news and perspectives from valuation thought leaders, the High Courts, HMRC, the standard-setters, ICAEW, RICS, and more. Please be in touch with your perspectives, news, and ideas—and pass this issue along to colleagues (complimentary sign-up instructions are here). New BVU article notes increased use of discounted cash flow in ...