The Evolution of Private Credit Markets in the U.S. and Europe
Private credit’s growth in the U.S. and Europe was shaped by different regulatory paths that continue to define governance, valuation, and cross‑border fund operations.
Building Scalable Private Funds: Strategic Insights on 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) Exemptions
Explore the key differences between 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) private fund exemptions, including investor eligibility, fund limits, and implications for fund sponsors.
The Shift to Daily Valuations: Trends, Drivers, and Best Practices
Daily valuations are becoming essential as fund structures evolve and investors demand greater transparency.
Recalibrating Value: Digital Infrastructure Transformation
Explore how AI-driven demand is reshaping the financing and valuation of digital infrastructure.
Sarit Rapport
Sarit Rapport is part of the portfolio valuation group. She has over 20 years of valuation experience performing business valuations, valuations of complex securities, valuations…
Dwight Grant
In his role as Senior Advisor to VRC, Mr. Grant advises VRC and clients on the valuations of financial instruments, derivatives, and complex securities related…
Financial Sponsor: Hedge Fund
A hedge fund client held convertible note in a company that restructured outstanding debt. As part of restructure, the note was exchanged for two separate Term Loans.
Energy
We were retained by an energy production company whose subsidiary acquired distressed energy assets from an energy & production company. In selecting a valuation methodology, we needed to consider the significant divergence in the enterprise value of the business versus the un-discounted value of the assets given the dramatic drop in commodity prices at the time.
Alternative Asset Valuations
Complex Securities & Portfolio Valuation Services for Illiquid, Hard-to-Value Securities
Consumer Products
A brand valuation that estimated the fair value of intangible assets acquired in a business combination was needed by a personal care product company for the sale of its branded and private label products.
Financial Sponsor: Private Equity
A technology company was purchased by large private equity investor. With the purchase price set, the new entity was capitalized with debt and three different types of equity securities.
Parag Patel
Mr. Patel supports the alternative investment community with quality valuations of illiquid and hard-to-value assets for BDCs, banks, credit funds, hedge funds and venture capital…
John Bintz
John Bintz started in the financial services industry in Chicago in 1987. He has specific financial service experience related to public finance, private equity, investment…
Manufacturing
An industrial property consisting of various manufacturing machinery & equipment was a candidate for an ad valorem tax reduction.
Pharmaceuticals
In order to comply with Accounting Standards Codification 815 (ASC 815), an early stage pharmaceutical company asked VRC to analyze the entire convertible callable note and determine the fair market value of each of the embedded derivatives.
Financial Sponsor: Hedge Fund
A shareholder of a closely-held hedge fund was not receiving the appropriate level of compensation per agreement with the controlling interest shareholder.
Healthcare
Property taxes were levied on only real property portion of a hospital, key to analysis was separating the value of the business ops from that of real property.
Brands: Food & Beverage
A leading manufacturer of branded food products engaged VRC to estimate the fair value of certain intangible assets acquired in a business combination.
Automotive
A client who designs, engineers, and manufactures value-added products and systems for automotive and light-vehicle manufacturers acquired an automotive components manufacturer.
Consumer Products
A large multinational consumer products company acquired a South American company operating in the same space. VRC was engaged to estimate the value of the PP&E and intangible assets for financial reporting purposes.
Chemical
A leading international producer of nitrogen products acquires a nitrogen manufacturing company requiring a valuation for allocation of purchase price according to ASC 805.
Telecommunication
We were retained by a leading provider of wireless messaging and information services to provide various valuation services for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.