Sample new cases added to BVLaw in the last few weeks
Here’s a partial listing of digests and court documents added to the exclusive BVLaw database in the past few weeks. BVLaw reviews the hundreds of cases each month—in damages, family law, Tax Court, the Delaware Chancery and other commercial courts, and elsewhere—to analyze those decisions which depended on business valuation or financial analysis in their [...]
New Monte Carlo workshop intensive
Since 2004, the FASB has accepted if not encouraged the use of a lattice model “or valuation technique, such as a Monte Carlo simulation technique,” in the assessment of share-based compensation under FAS 123R (now Topic 718). A Monte Carlo simulation can accommodate “the term structures of risk-free interest rates and expected volatility, as well [...]
Don’t worry—you can still subscribe to BVR’s healthcare Symposium
The latest installment of the 2012 Online Symposium on Healthcare Valuation continues tomorrow, February 28 with The Valuation of Hospitals, featuring Don Barbo (Deloitte Financial Advisory Services) andRobert Mundy (GatesMoore). This part 2 of the popular BVR series addresses how to appraise the most iconic entity in the healthcare industry: the hospital, with all of its technical, regulatory, and business challenges. [...]
Radio station valuations could get a boost from FCC’s proposed rule
Last December, the Federal Communications Commission issued a proposed rule (11-286) that would relax its long-standing limit on the ability of companies to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same local market. The proposed rule would also permit the cross-ownership of television and radio stations. Public comments are due in March [...]
How to stop the ‘hired gun’ question before it kills credibility
Litigation experts know what’s coming when they hear opposing counsel ask: “So … just how many times have you been hired by Mr. (or Ms.) Attorney?” Or worse—“Isn’t it true that you are his ‘go-to’ expert?” The attorney is trying to paint the expert as a “hired gun,” of course—but the next time that happens, [...]
IP Management and Valuation offers free fundamentals of patent value download
IP owners frequently ask for a “back of the envelope” assessment of patent value—a grey appraisal area for many reasons. “On the surface, this sounds like a reasonable request,” writes Fernando Torres, chief economist at IPmetrics. “A specialist should be able to review and consider the issued patent document and determine an approximate market value.” However, the [...]
Upcoming CPE opportunities from BVR
Business Valuation in Bankruptcy Date/Time: March 1, 2012, 10:00am – 11:40am PT | 1:00pm – 2:40pm ET Featuring: Jeff Risius and Jesse Ultz Why You Should Attend Join appraisers Jeff Risius and Jesse Ultz for an in depth examination of the opportunities and challenges posed by the bankruptcy process. While distressed and bankrupt businesses have made [...]
Damodaran’s first 2012 ERP, a data update–and Lady Gaga
Professor Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern School of Business) has just updated the implied equity risk premium (ERP) for the S&P 500 to 6.04% at the start of 2012, up from 5.20% at the start of last year. “The key factor behind the rise was the increase in cash flows (dividends and buybacks on the index) and the [...]
Borrowman-Baker-BVR business valuation compensation survey is now open for participation
Technical aptitude and experience pays in the BV profession: but how much? In the search for top BV talent these days, too often BV firms turn the question “what do we want to pay for that key new appraiser?” into “what should we pay?” Get the metrics: The 2012 Borrowman Baker-BVR Salary Survey is the only source of detailed, [...]
RICS decides to admit business appraisers as members
Inconsistent business valuations could harm global growth and the ability to raise finance, causing mergers and acquisitions to fall through,” says a news release from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). “Determining the value of a business is an increasingly difficult endeavor in times of market instability, with valuations dependent upon regularly fluctuating elements,” they say. [...]
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