Career Option: Neutral Financial Professional in Collaborative Divorce Proceedings
Valuators who work on divorce matters but dislike the litigation environment may find that serving as a neutral financial professional represents a very attractive career alternative.
Business Valuation Year in Review 2018
The new tax law, lively debates, new guidance, a strong protest, and a simpler approach to estimating cost of capital were just some of the highlights in the business valuation profession during 2018.
Takeaways From the 2018 ASA Advanced BV Conference
A wrap-up of the ASA’s Joint ASA 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
AICPA collaborative divorce discussion signals career option for financial experts
Valuators working on divorce cases often say they like the work but hate litigation and the adversarial approach.
Building a Successful BV Practice Within a CPA Firm
A BV practice is very different from a CPA practice. Here are five fundamentals that can spell the difference between success and failure of a valuation practice within a CPA firm.
Have We Lost the Forest For the Trees?
When BVR recently announced the launch of the Cost of Capital Professional, the author was pleased with its back-to-basics approach to estimating the cost of equity. The growing complexities of various aspects of business valuation prompted him to write this article, which speaks to the need to preserve the “art” of valuation.
BVU News and Trends December 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
NACVA surveys valuation analyst salaries
The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) is conducting a survey of annual entry-level salaries for valuation analysts.
Business valuations need to preserve the human element
“If we remove the human element, our valuations will be nothing more than computer-generated nonsense,” writes Robert E. Kleeman Jr. (OnPointe Financial Valuation Group LLC) in Business Valuation Update. Kleeman, who has been in the BV world for over 40 years, says a lot has changed, including more of a reliance on data and a move away from using judgment, common sense, and reasonableness.
Damodaran criticizes Netflix’s business model
A recent New York Times article delves into the astonishing growth of Netflix, the video streaming service, and names Professor Aswath Damodaran as one of the few analysts who doubt the company’s business model is sustainable.
BVU News and Trends November 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Hot-button issues at BV firms large and small
In the days before the recent Joint ASA 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference in Anaheim, Calif., the ASA held various classes as part of its accreditation process.
Takeaways from the ASA Advanced BV conference
BVWire attended the Joint ASA 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference in Anaheim, Calif., and the sessions and networking events were excellent.
Last chance to participate in the BVFLS study
It’s just a few days to the deadline for taking part in the most comprehensive analysis of best practices in the business valuation and forensic litigation services (BVFLS) profession, BVR’s Firm Economics Study.
Management pressure on fair values
A new research paper documents several tactics management employs to inflate its fair value measurements based on in-depth interviews of Norwegian audit partners and company valuation specialists.
ASA Advanced BV conference
Last week, BVWire attended the Joint ASA 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference in Anaheim, Calif., and the sessions and networking events were excellent.
Deadline looming to participate in the BVFLS study
Don’t miss your chance to find out about firm performance, compensation, billing rates, marketing, practice development, and more by taking part in the largest and most thorough analysis of best practices in the business valuation and forensic litigation services (BVFLS) profession, BVR’s Firm Economics Study.
Recap of NACVA’s 2018 conference in Las Vegas
Conveniently assembled into one article are a series of session takeaways from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) and the Consultant’s Training Institute (CTI) 2018 Annual Consultants’ Conference that took place in Las Vegas this past June.
Reminder: Participate in the BVFLS study
Find out about firm performance, compensation, billing rates, marketing, practice development—and more—by taking part in the largest and most thorough analysis of best practices in the business valuation and forensic litigation services (BVFLS) profession, BVR’s Firm Economics Study.
BVR launches study of BVFLS practices
Now is your chance to contribute to the largest and most thorough analysis of best practices in the business valuation and forensic litigation services (BVFLS) profession.
CPA firms ramp up social media
Accounting firms of all sizes plan to increase their use of social media, according to the 2018 Marketing and Business Development Strategies at Accounting Firms study.
Marijuana practice concern
Some practitioners who want to break into the legal marijuana industry may be concerned that marketing to this audience could negatively influence the more mainstream industries they serve.
Twelve Practical Ideas From NACVA’s 2018 Annual Conference
There was no shortage of good ideas at the annual conference of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) in Las Vegas this past June.
A Veteran Valuer Looks at the BV Profession
The recent decision by the AICPA to allow non-CPAs to get the ABV credential is one of the issues a seasoned valuation expert examines in this frank look at the BV profession.
Tax Reform 2.0 in the works
Republicans from the House Ways and Means Committee released a very top-level outline of their plans for what they call “Tax Reform 2.0.”