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).
BVU News and Trends January 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BV News: ‘Amazing’ rebound for valuations in India
Over the past six months, “we have been amazed that valuations for most industries (save some severe casualties of COVID, including tourism, hotels, and aviation) are back to pre-COVID levels,” says a study on cost of capital in India.
U.K. and U.S. courts differ on COVID-19 business interruption claims
A recent article in the New York Times reports that the U.K. Supreme Court recently ruled that insurers must cover COVID-19-related losses.
Two new resources recap the year 2020 in BV
A lot happened in 2020 in the business valuation profession other than COVID-19, and you can get caught up on the impacts of the pandemic—and everything else—with two new guides from BVR.
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 ...
Valuation of Senior Living and Post-Acute Providers
Join Jed Cheney to learn the considerations when valuing senior living and post-acute healthcare providers ranging from assisted living and memory care to skilled nursing and home health/hospice providers. With insights on the industry at large and government reimbursement considerations along with environmental considerations in the senior living and post-acute provider operating environment, this webinar will focus on various value drivers impacting these providers that should be considered. The impacts of COVID-19 have been significant ...
New guidance issued on the Payroll Protection Plan
During a recent BVR webinar, speakers report that many business owners will claim their Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loans will be 100% forgiven.
Journal of Business Valuation 2020 Edition
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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.
What the New Subchapter V in Bankruptcy Means to Business Valuers
Michael D. Pakter (a managing member at Gould & Pakter Associates LLC in Chicago) discusses the new niche subchapter of the Bankruptcy Code that creates an easier and less expensive path for small businesses to reorganize and survive.
Can You Do Two Valuations With the Same Date? Yes, Says Hitchner
A valuation done pre-COVID-19 may be obsolete, so can you update it using the same valuation date and factor in the impacts of the pandemic? Yes, says James Hitchner (Valuation Products and Services), and he believes doing so is not in conflict with the valuation standards.
BVU News and Trends December 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends December 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Restaurant Valuation: Serving Your Clients During the Covid-19 Crisis
Few industries have been as harshly impacted by COVID-19 as the restaurant industry. Join Lynton Kotzin for an overview of the state of the restaurant industry and what the future looks like for different restaurant types. Learn the reasonableness test, value drivers, and proper application of the approaches during these volatile times. Be ready to advise and value your restaurant clients.
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.
Expert’s Failure to Review Debtor’s Reorganization Plan Results in ‘Defective’ Hotel Appraisals
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.
Physician Compensation and Valuation: Administering Top Tier Treatment
Assessing physician compensation is a critical component in valuing a physician practice. Many external factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, have had and will continue to have significant impacts on physician compensation and associated practice valuations. In this discussion, Derek Long and Katie Culver will explain how physician compensation is analyzed in the context of valuation along with various factors that can influence it, both internally and ...
Prepare now for future business interruption claims due to COVID-19
Now is the time to educate yourself on how to calculate damages from business interruption due to COVID-19, advised Kerrie Merrifield (Axiom Forensics) at the recent NACVA and the CTI’s 2020 Financial Valuation Virtual Conference.
Match industry forecasts to valuation date
At a number of conference sessions we’ve attended recently, speakers say that they are spending a great deal more time on the industry and economic analyses for their valuations.
BVR featured in ABA podcast on divorce valuations
BVWire editors Sylvia Golden and Andy Dzamba joined moderator Tom Urquhart at the American Bar Association on a podcast to discuss Business Valuation in Divorce: A Case Compendium, a book co-published by BVR and the ABA.
Side Effect of COVID-19: Beta Changes Impacting Business Valuations
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing betas and other measures of risk commonly used in company valuations to appear to have changed. Beta is a critical component used by valuation experts when determining the discount rate in business valuation. Even small changes in betas can cause large changes in the discount rate and, consequently, can cause large changes in valuation. In this panel discussion, Dr. Roper and Cliff Ang, CFA, will describe how the COVID-19 pandemic ...
‘Plenty of room' for new experts in bankruptcy valuations, says Reilly
There is “plenty of room in the bankruptcy discipline for new practitioners,” says Robert Reilly (Willamette Management Associates), who co-presented a session at the recent AICPA FVS Conference with Josh Shilts (Shilts CPA).
Interesting poll results in latest Hitchner pub
The latest issue of Hardball With Hitchner includes the results of some recent polls that reveal what valuation practitioners are doing to reflect the impact of COVID-19 in valuations.
Global BV News: Spotlight on pharma firms in KPMG’s 4Q20 valuation brief
COVID-19 continues to dominate a lot of the discussion in KPMG’s Quarterly Brief—International Valuation Newsletter for the fourth quarter of 2020.