June 30 deadline for ASA Rising Stars
The American Society of Appraisers will offer a new Rising Stars Award to honor the brightest young ASA leaders who have demonstrated success throughout the year and who are making a difference in their professions and community.
ASA 2018-2019 election results
Robert B. Morrison (Morrison Valuation & Forensic Services) has been elected international president of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA).
TAF OKs ASA’s going concern courses
In general, going-concern value refers to the total value of a property, including both the real property and the intangible personal property, attributed to business enterprise value (assuming the business owns the real and intangible property).
BVU News and Trends June 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Registration opens for ASA Advanced BV Conference
You can now register for the Joint ASA 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference being held in Anaheim, Calif., on October 7-10.
Conference season is upon us: Key takeaways from the ASA/USC Fair Value Conference in Los Angeles
The growing importance of fair value for financial reporting and the ongoing efforts to improve the quality in this area triggered a sell-out for the live ASA/USC 13th Annual Fair Value Conference. For those not able to attend in person or tune into the webcast, BVR’s own executive editor, Andy Dzamba, was there and shares his key takeaways from the event.
Sold-out ASA event underscores importance of fair value
The growing importance of fair value for financial reporting and the ongoing efforts to improve the quality in this area of practice triggered a sell-out for the ASA/USC 13th Annual Fair Value Conference held May 10 in Los Angeles.
Tomorrow! Live stream of ASA fair value event
BVWire will be in Los Angeles tomorrow, May 10, at the ASA/USC 13th Annual Fair Value Conference.
Video invite to ASA FV event
In a YouTube video, Ray Rath (Globalview Advisors) gives 10 reasons why you should attend the ASA/USC 13th Annual Fair Value Conference in Los Angeles on May 10.
ASA to honor brightest young leaders
The American Society of Appraisers will offer a new Rising Stars Award to honor the brightest young ASA leaders who have demonstrated success throughout the year and who are making a difference in their professions and community.
ASA Fair Value Conference to be webcast
BVR is pleased to partner with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and the University of Southern California to present a live webcast of the 13th Annual Fair Value Conference at KPMG in Los Angeles on May 10.
ASA BVers convene in Houston for the Advanced BV Conference
The conference sessions were an excellent mix of theory and practice—ideas that you can use in your practice right away.
BVMovers: Grant Thornton fills up in Philly, promotions at LBMC, mergers galore
A list of the latest business valuation professional and firm news, originally published in Issue #178-1 of BVWire.
Certified in Entity and Intangible Valuations (CEIV): Advancing the Quality of Valuations
The field of business and intangible asset valuations has many of the elements of a profession. In recent years, comments by the SEC expressed concern about the structure of the business valuation profession and the lack of sufficient quality assurance procedures. As a result of these concerns, the Mandatory Performance Framework ("MPF") and Application of the Mandatory Performance Framework ("AMPF") documents were released in January 2017 to provide guidance including minimum performance standards and documentation ...
Mock trial highlights ASA’s Advanced BV Conference
All six valuation disciplines were put on the "stand" and cross-examined by an attorney. It demonstrated that even the best valuation report can get skewered in court.
Comments due June 24 on exposure drafts for fair value quality initiative
The ASA, AICPA, and RICS have issued two exposure drafts for public comment that relate to the ongoing initiative to improve the quality of financial reporting valuations for U.S. publicly traded companies. Comments are due June 24.