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MINNEAPOLIS, MN, January 21, 2010 — In a move to further its West Coast presence, Chartwell Capital Solutions is excited to announce the addition of Pamela Steverango who will lead the firm’s new San Francisco office.  Pamela is the former President and owner of Valuation Analysts, Inc. and will [...]
Tuesday, January 07, 2010
Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics has announced a partnership with the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) to offer a fast track to the IBA’s Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) designation. The IBA has approved Seattle University’s Business Valuation Specialization for Master of Professional Accounting, Master of Science in Finance and the Post Graduate Certificate of Business Valuation certificate for this fast track program. Students who attain either degree or certificate will qualify for 66 of the 90 business valuation education hours required for the IBA’s CBA designation.
IBA Introduces a New Book: “Pricing a Small Business for Sale”Â
This Book Offers appraisers a bridge between the theoretical world of “fair market value” and the real world of actual sales. Appraisers will find the book provides an invaluable perspective on business value as well as a realistic method to provide a “sanity check” for [...]
Current Developments in Fair Value Accounting Valuation Issues
By Robert F. Reilly, CPA, ASA, CBA, CFA, CMA
Introduction
Fair value accounting continues to receive a lot of press, both in the technical accounting and financial journals and in the general business publications. Rightly or wrongly, it seems like the implementation of various fair value accounting standards have caused more controversy than just about any other financial accounting standards changes in the last several decades.
Correctly or not, the financial instrument fair value disclosure requirements were blamed for both the credit crisis and the general economic downturn that occurred in Autumn 2008. Correctly or not, the fair value accounting provisions related to financial institution investments were blamed for the financial distress at many commercial and investment banks.
Duff & Phelps featured on 11/9 edition of CNBC’s Mad Money, with Jim Cramer
In an eight-minute segment last Monday, Cramer described the financial advisory firm Duff & Phelps’ service portfolio, the firm’s financial health, and went on to explain why independent valuation experts are in such demand.
IBA has the Duff & Phelps data you need [...]
Lake Forest, CA (Monday, October 26, 2009) – Business appraisal specialist Thomas Kalajian is the first professional in private practice in Southern and Central California to earn the prestigious new senior business appraisal designation, Accredited in Business Appraisal Review (ABAR), awarded by the Institute of Business Appraisers.
By Howard A. Lewis, ABAR, AVA – IBA Executive Director
It’s been said that “too many standards are no standards at all.” In our profession, standards have come to be known as an “alphabet soup,” the “real standards” have been challenged to “stand up” and show themselves, and business appraisers across the country are increasingly concerned with the confusion and potential risks involved in learning, understanding, and applying numerous sets of standards.
In a recent case decided by the federal district court (Indiana), the Court excluded a valuation expert citing the failure of his report to meet the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)2(B) and the Daubert tests.Â
The court also noted that, notwithstanding the expert’s outstanding qualifications, he did not have private company valuation experience. [...]
Attention Business Appraisal Practitioners,
Here is your opportunity to gain recognition from your peers and demonstrate your expertise by submitting a technical paper for IBA’s Peer Reviewed Technical Journal. Your technical paper may also be used for an IBA webinar, newsletter, or even the development of an IBA course.
IBA is currently accepting technical papers on the following topics: Business [...]
