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.
BVU News and Trends July 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends July 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Fair Value Measurements Amid the Covid-19 Crisis
Reporting entities in recent years generally benefited from a growing economy, which may have allowed auditors to gain comfort with fair value measurements for financial reporting purposes with relatively less documentation. The disruption to global economic activity and financial markets suggest that a business as usual approach may no longer apply to these same fair value measurements. Consequently, reporting entities can expect fair value measurements to receive greater scrutiny from their auditors and a heighted ...
Valuations for divorce: That was then, this is now (Part 2)
It’s a whole new ballgame for valuations in the context of marital dissolution, which is why the AAML/BVR Virtual Divorce Conference will focus on the most important issues impacted by all of the recent changes.
AICPA weighs in on next federal COVID-19 relief
In a letter to Congressional leadership, the AICPA made six recommendations for the next phase of relief for small business and the U.S. workforce.
You heard it here first: the silent spread of COVID-19
On June 27, 2020, an interesting article in the New York Times tells the story of how health officials dismissed the risk of symptomless transmission of the coronavirus.
RICS host ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Global Business Valuation’ Town Hall tomorrow
The next in a long series of helpful free virtual panels occurs tomorrow evening 22 July.
BV needs ‘outside-the-box’ solutions to document COVID-19-era business valuations
COVID-19 has substantially affected the financial and economic characteristics of privately held and publicly traded businesses.
Dietrich reveals the ‘real story’ of COVID-19 for valuation experts
Weary of the endless finger-pointing and back-and-forth between media “experts,” healthcare finance and valuation expert Mark Dietrich (Mark O. Dietrich CPA, PC) spent several hundred hours going directly to the source data in various scientific journals and fact-based websites to uncover the real story of COVID-19.
BVR Briefing – The Real Story of COVID-19 For Valuation and Litigation Experts
September 2020 PDF
Mark Dietrich
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
What do auditors expect from business valuation forecasts during COVID-19?
Auditors around the globe will be expecting multiple forecast scenarios in reports from their valuation experts.
Assessing Additional Economic Risk Due to COVID-19
A template that can serve as a framework of thinking about the impact of the coronavirus on a subject company. The author presents a series of questions that help assess the short- and long-term risks with respect to the subject company’s industry, physical operations, financial issues, and firm management.
Cost of Equity and COVID-19: What to Do?
A forward-looking approach, implied volatilities, and total beta are used to determine an appropriate cost of equity during “unprecedented” times such as we have now to supplement one’s analysis.
BVU News and Trends June 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends June 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Alternate Valuation Methods in the Era of COVID-19
The authors address the impact of COVID-19 on the capital markets and offer alternate valuation methods that should be considered in these turbulent times.
Healthcare Valuation Townhall: Four Expert Panel on Covid-19 Impacts and Beyond
Bring your questions as leading experts Jerry Chang, Mark Deitrich, James Lloyd and Todd Sorensen have a conversation about the critical issues impacting healthcare. Covid-19 has impacted the healthcare industry in unique ways, and those valuation experts who practice in this high regulation environment know it is critical to keep up to date about the most pressing issues. Covering a wide range of issues from four perspectives this event delivers the insight you need in ...
Global BV News: Auditors seek multiple scenarios for COVID-19 impact
To evaluate the possible outcomes of COVID-19 on valuation, auditors are looking for multiple scenarios for projections, reports a panel on a newly released webinar, June 2020 Update—COVID Webinar.
How to value uncertainty whilst keeping your clients’ confidence
Chris Thorne tells BVWire—UK that ‘most valuer’s Inboxes at the moment are full of comment about the difficulties of undertaking valuations,’ but he’s still receiving requests for advice about ‘providing a suitable warning in their reports that their valuations are subject to material valuation uncertainty.’
Alternate Valuation Methods in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 has substantially affected the financial and economic characteristics of privately held and publicly traded businesses throughout the U.S. In this presentation, the presenters will address the valuation impact of COVID-19 and the potential distortions that can occur when traditional valuation approaches and methods are mechanically applied. In the current environment, it is important for analysts to think “outside-the-box” when performing business valuations with valuation dates occurring during the first and second quarter of 2020.
Takeaways from the NYSSCPA BV/Litigation conference
Conference season is here but, of course, in virtual form due to the pandemic.
AICPA issues FAQs on valuation considerations related to the CARES Act
The latest in a series of very useful material from the AICPA is a document that includes FAQs that address questions about the impact of the CARES Act on business valuation.
Digging into COVID-19 is the key to understanding its impact on BV
Healthcare valuation expert Mark Dietrich (Mark O. Dietrich CPA, PC) has done over 100 hours of research digging into the “science” of COVID-19—its origin, how it spreads, protection methods, testing, and so on.
Discounted cash flow projections during the crisis: tune in Thursday to BVR webinar
To keep DCF analyses trustworthy, are multiple scenarios now required?