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On the Role of Business Valuation Standards from the Perspective of End-users

Hi everyone, The holiday season is around the corner and hope you are all keeping healthy! This week’s blog looks at a recent article published in September 2021 by Drs. Broekema, Perepechko, and Rabel. Their article addressed the role of valuation standards and its...

New Global Minimum Tax

Hi everyone, Hope all is well. As we all know taxation plays a huge role in corporate valuation and this new agreement today might have significant implications. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced support from 136...

Complexity Score Discounting

Hi everyone, Hope all is doing well. A very well-respected valuator asked me if I knew of Dr. Damodaran’s Complexity Score discount model. I responded with an affirmative no but it definitely piqued my interest. After researching via “Dr. Google”, I...

The Magic of PE 15

Dec 19, 2019

Hi everyone, Hope all is well. Recently, a very interesting article about an expeditious approach to determine the fair value of stock was published. I thought about it for a while and said to myself, it is worth summarizing for this month’s blog. ...

ICVS Credential in Advanced Studies of Financial Instruments.

Nov 5, 2019

Hi everyone, The Conference held in Dubai on October 21st was a great success!! The International Association of Certified Valuation Specialists (IACVS) announced the launching of the Advanced Studies in Financial Instruments. This announcement were heard by the...

PCAOB New Comments on Financial Instruments

Sep 19, 2019

Hi everyone, As always, hope all is going great. I will continue where we left off regarding the new PCAOB’s staff guidance on the auditing the fair value of financial instruments. This second portion of the blog is dealing with “pricing services.” According to...

Excited Mood

Mar 6, 2017

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more...