Valuing Residential and Commercial Construction Companies
Cash flow seasonality, bid requirements, license particulars, economic forces, and ubiquitous litigation are all hallmarks of the residential and commercial construction industries and all unique factors when appraising a construction company. Join What it’s Worth guide author and expert Pasquale Rafanelli for a full inspection of residential and commercial construction company valuation issues from accounting methods to value drivers. Avoid the common valuation mistakes that appraisers make and learn to answer the one question on ...
BVU News and Trends April 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Great Hill Equity Partners IV, LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I, LLP
Court rejects plaintiff’s damages calculation related to sweeping fraud and contract breach allegations where plaintiff submitted expert report before court’s liability rulings and failed to offer revised expert report after liability trial; damages were not sufficiently tied to proven wrongs.
Plaintiff’s Overbroad Damages Calculation Prompts Court Not to Grant Award for Proven Wrongdoing
Court rejects plaintiff’s damages calculation related to sweeping fraud and contract breach allegations where plaintiff submitted expert report before court’s liability rulings and failed to offer revised expert report after liability trial; damages were not sufficiently tied to proven wrongs.
D&P examines impact of coronavirus on asset values
Duff & Phelps is monitoring the financial impact of the coronavirus on businesses and asset values across the investment funds sector globally, according to a client alert.
Global BVU News and Trends October 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BVU News and Trends September 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BV News: Fund valuations on the global enforcement radar
In France, enforcement action against alternative investment firms for improper valuation procedures and controls is a “sign of things to come—and not just in France,” according to an article in Valuation Insights, Third Quarter 2018 from Duff & Phelps.
BVU News and Trends August 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BVU News and Trends July 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BVU News and Trends June 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
New edition of book on valuation for M&A
Now in its 3rd edition, Valuation for M&A: Building and Measuring Private Company Value lays out the steps for measuring and managing value creation in non-publicly traded entities.
New guidance for AI fund valuations
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and its private credit affiliate, the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), have published new guidance for fund managers in valuing their investments.
Valuations frustrate RIAs
A survey of the nation’s top registered investment advisors (RIAs) by PPB Capital Partners found that firms are encouraged to provide customized alternative investment solutions for high-net-worth clients, but such funds are unwieldy and expensive to operate.
Expert’s Valuation of Pork Trademarks Fails to Account for IP’s Limited Use
Court rejects USDA’s decision to keep paying for pork-promoting trademarks that mostly have become functionally obsolescent and replaced by a different slogan; expert’s replacement cost approach to find current value of trademarks is illogical, says court.
Humane Soc’y of the United States v. Perdue
Court rejects USDA’s decision to keep paying for pork-promoting trademarks that mostly have become functionally obsolescent and replaced by a different slogan; expert’s replacement cost approach to find current value of trademarks is illogical, says court.
The Price to Value Disconnect: No End in Sight
We attended the EuroGrowth 2017 conference in London, and here are some interesting observations.
Statutory Fair Value in Dissenting Shareholder Cases: Part II
This article continues the discussion of statutory appraisal that was presented in Part I in the prior issue of Business Valuation Review. Fair value, the predominant standard of value employed by state courts to value dissenters' shares in appraisal cases is, is determined by state law. In most states, fair value is the shareholder's pro rata portion of the value of a company's equity. This article discusses the approaches used by the Delaware courts' views ...
Hospital CFO panel comments on recent trends at AICPA conference
At the recent AICPA 2015 Healthcare Industry Conference in Las Vegas, several hospital CFOs participated in a panel moderated by Britt Tabor (Erlanger Health System). The panelists were Geoff Gardner (Novant Health), Lori Ritchey-Baldwin (St. Elizabeth Healthcare), and Steven R. Blake (Paladin Healthcare Management, LLC and Avanti Hospitals). They commented on retail health and the impact of the new insurance exchanges.
Appraiser Lacks Necessary Valuation Expertise, Dissent Says
Court majority finds appointed appraiser’s fair value determination meets legal requirements applicable to dissenting shareholder proceeding; dissent says appraiser lacked valuation expertise and ignored proper business valuations from parties’ experts.
Appraiser Lacks Necessary Valuation Expertise, Dissent Says
Court majority finds appointed appraiser’s fair value determination meets legal requirements applicable to dissenting shareholder proceeding; dissent says appraiser lacked valuation expertise and ignored proper business valuations from parties’ experts.
Shaffer v. Visaggio’s, Inc. (I)
Court majority finds appointed appraiser’s fair value determination meets legal requirements applicable to dissenting shareholder proceeding; dissent says appraiser lacked valuation expertise and ignored proper business valuations from parties’ experts.
Shaffer v. Visaggio’s, Inc. (II)
Court majority finds appointed appraiser’s fair value determination meets legal requirements applicable to dissenting shareholder proceeding; dissent says appraiser lacked valuation expertise and ignored proper business valuations from parties’ experts.
RERI Holdings I, LLC v. Comm’r
Tax Court denies IRS’s summary judgment motion to disallow claimed charitable deduction arguing taxpayer’s appraiser improperly valued donated interest in LLC using present-value Section 7520 tables and failed to submit “qualified appraisal.”
