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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Live Webcast

Cost of Capital in Business Appraisal in a Post COVID-19 Era (X2-28316)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
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1 CPE Credits in SK

OVERVIEW

The inputs to developing reliable cost of capital estimates have become ever more complex and the risk of making errors has increased greatly. This session explores a relatively new cost-effective resource now available from Business Valuation Resources, Cost of Capital Professional, which integrates data directly into the platform from multiple sources, including University of Chicago’s Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) data, Professor Aswath Damodaran’s data resources, Salvidio & Partners and the US Federal Reserve on Treasury bond yields.

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs and Business Advisors that utilize cost of capital in appraisal and business analysis

BENEFITS

After participating in this session you will be able to:

  • Explore the economic foundation for cost of capital determinations
  • Explain the illusion of precision from complicated mathematics
  • Identify how to retrieve cost of capital inputs relevant to the practitioner’s subject company
  • Explain how the Cost of Capital Professional can help valuation practitioners be more effective

HIGHLIGHTS

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

  • An exploration of the Business Valuation Resources, Cost of Capital Professional resource
  • Explanation of the integration of data from multiple sources to the platform
  • Cost of capital fundamental principles will be covered
  • An overview of the Duff & Phelps Navigator

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Ronald Seigneur

Ronald Seigneur, CPA/ABV, M.B.A., ASA, CVA

Seigneur Gustafson LLP

Ron is Managing Partner of Seigneur Gustafson LLP, based in Lakewood Colorado, where he is responsible for financial forensics, economic damages assessments, business and intellectual property valuation, exit planning and related litigation support services. He is co-author of Financial Valuations: Applications and Models, published by John Wiley & Sons and Reasonable Compensation: Applications and Analysis for Management, Valuation and Tax, published by Business Valuation Resources. Ron is also the editor of the just released Law Firm Valuation Guide by BVR.

He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver, Strum College of Law for over 25 years, where he teaches law firm finance, leadership and management classes and is also an adjunct at the Daniels College of Business where he teaches a graduate business appraisal course. Ron has a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, an ABV Hall of Fame inductee, a charter member of the AAML Forensic and Valuation Services Division, a member of the Downtown Denver Partnership Distinguished Clown Brigade, and a frequent speaker and author on valuation, economic damages, leadership, cannabis industry matters and other professional firm practice management topics. Ron is currently writing a children’s book on the Sayings of our Elders with his daughter, Chelsea.

PRICING

$39.00 - Member

$49.00 - Nonmember

Pre-Registration Closed

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