Two New York City conferences set dates for 2024
On April 25, the ASA will hold its Fair Value Conference in New York City for both in-person and virtual attendance.
BV Year in Review 2023: Recruiting Push
The business valuation profession continued to thrive in 2023 amid ongoing challenges, such as how to reflect uncertainty, inflation, and market volatility in valuations. But another issue loomed large in the profession: attracting and retaining new young talent.
What to Know From the 2023 ASA International Conference, Part 2
More takeaways from the ASA’s annual conference, on the topics of personal goodwill, new SEC valuation requirements for PE/VC funds, customer concentration, buy-sell agreements, equity compensation, real estate-centric entities, and more.
Future Plans for the AICPA FVS Section
The AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) section has some impressive plans going forward, a panel revealed at the FVS conference in Las Vegas this past November. Their plans include strengthening their training offerings, increasing education opportunities, career development support and outreach to universities to raise awareness among students.
BV News and Trends January 2024
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
USPAP Q&A addresses AI
AI tools are not a substitute for an appraiser’s judgment.
To retain good BV people, give them a purpose, advises Borrowman
BVWire has heard from young BV professionals that they are sometimes in the dark about the work they are doing.
2023 NACVA Porter Award recipient gives back in a big way
A few years ago at a conference, BVWire had the pleasure of chatting with J. Richard Claywell, a Houston practitioner who has been providing business valuation and forensic accounting services since 1985.
One-on-one encounters make attending live conferences a unique experience
In today’s world, some people may automatically choose the “attend virtually” option when registering for a conference, or they may want to attend in person, but there’s not enough in the travel budget to allow for it.
Save the date: June 20-21 for CBV Connect 2024
CBV Connect 2024, hosted by the CBV Institute, Canada’s valuation professional organization (VPO) and standard-setter, will be held at The Bonaventure in Montreal.
NACVA to release two new databases in 2024
In beta testing at NACVA are two databases being developed with ValuSource software.
AI studies top several McKinsey lists for 2023
Of interest to valuation experts are two works from McKinsey that examine artificial intelligence (AI).
Bright Future for Automated Valuation Models—But Take Caution
Some interesting insights and questions about the use of automated valuation models (AVMs) and artificial intelligence from veteran appraisers.
What to Know From the 2023 ASA International Conference
A recap of several sessions on topics that include the main takeaway from the keynote, use of data amid uncertainty, divorce engagements, SAFE investments, the three-stage DCF, IRS targets, ESG issues, and more.
BV News and Trends December 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
On-the-ground coverage of the NACVA super conference
There was a good crowd of about 400 attendees (including virtual) at the NACVA Business Valuation & Financial Litigation Super Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last week.
ASA CEO Johnnie White to leave the organization
The CEO of the American Society of Appraisers, Johnnie White, will be leaving the organization.
What to know from the first-ever ASA litigation conference
BVWire attended the ASA’s 2023 Litigation in Valuation Conference last week, which was the first of its kind offered by the ASA.
Even more takeaways from the AICPA FVS confab
In the last two issues, we presented some takeaways from the first two days of the AICPA & CIMA Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) Conference in Las Vegas last month.
Key Points From the VSCPA Forensic and Valuation Conference
An economic update, a new IRS crackdown, goodwill, reasonable comp, healthcare insights, expert testimony, and options are among the topics recapped from the annual two-day Forensic and Valuation Conference hosted by the Virginia State Society of CPAs.
Student Business Valuation Challenge May Be Resurrected
At the 2023 ASA International Conference in New Orleans, there were some preliminary discussions about bringing back the Business Valuation Challenge, a competition for college students.
BV News and Trends November 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends November 2023
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Tomorrow! ASA conference on litigation
Valuation issues in litigation involving marital divorce, business breakups, shareholder disputes, and ESOPs as well as tips on giving expert testimony will be featured in a half-day conference tomorrow, November 30: ASA s 2023 Litigation in Valuation Conference. Event chair Kenneth J. Pia (Marcum) has put a stellar list together of valuation experts: Neil J. Beaton (Alvarez Marsal), Jay E. Fishman (Financial Research Associates), Nicholas Parseghian (Marcum), Jeffrey S. Tarbell (Houlihan Lokey), plus several attorneys ...
More takeaways from the Las Vegas AICPA FVS conference
In the last issue, we presented some takeaways from the first day of the AICPA & CIMA Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. Here are some things we learned on the second day.