Business Valuation Update
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In the May issue:
- How to Review a Report’s Valuation Methodology
- Ideas for Solving Two Problems in the BV Profession
- How Do Your Firm’s Benefits Stack Up?
- Using Rule of Thumb Data to Uncover Cooked Books
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The Business Valuation Update (BVU) has been the voice of the valuation profession since its inception in 1995. Each monthly issue includes new thinking from leading professionals, detailed reports from valuation conferences, analysis of new business valuation approaches, coverage of “landmark” legal cases in key business valuation issues, regulatory and standards updates, and much more! Learn more and subscribe >>
Should a Private Cost of Capital Method Replace CAPM and BUM?
Most appraisers recognize the judgments and assumptions built into the process of converting measurable public market data into proxies for private company valuation. Capital asset pricing needs to be “modified” with a series of adjustments to the cost of ...
BVU Profile: The Challenges of Bringing a New BV Methodology Into Acceptance
Peter J. Butler, CFA, ASA, founding principal of Valtrend (Eagle, Idaho), has championed a more quantitative and empirical approach to developing the cost of capital. This approach is embodied in the Total Cost of Equity Calculator, also known as the Butl ...