Valuation at the point of transfer in a season and sell transaction plays an important role in supporting consistency with fair value principles and aligning with investor expectations.
An overview of U.S. structured risk transfer market growth, private credit interest, and the valuation considerations of SRT credit‑linked notes.
The AICPA’s Cheap Stock Guide working draft introduces significant changes to valuation practices, reflecting evolving market practice.
Nilufer Usta has more than two decades of experience providing valuation and financial advisory support to privately held and publicly traded companies. She has extensive…
Ms. Layman specializes in complex financial instrument and financial reporting valuations with deep expertise across fair value measurements, purchase price allocations, stock-based compensation, and impairment…
Mr. Van Horn is responsible for business development for VRC in the Rocky Mountain region. With over a decade of experience executing and leading valuation…
Innovative approaches for allocating equity value among multiple security classes in complex capital structures.
Mr. Lewis has extensive experience providing valuation services to private equity firms and privately held companies. He specializes in fairness and solvency opinions, complex security…
FASB ASU 2022-03 clarifies the fair value measurement of securities subject to sale restrictions, distinguishing between security-specific and holder-specific restrictions to ensure more consistent and accurate valuations.
Mr. Roese is part of the portfolio valuation group specializing in valuations of privately-held debt securities, equity securities, CLO debt securities, CLO equity securities, and…
Unlock the complexities of the SEC’s Pay vs. Performance Disclosures to seamlessly navigate the regulatory landscape and set the stage for a confident proxy season.
Profits Interests are valued as options, and when estimating their fair value consider the total equity framework, including vesting interests.
Addressing the challenge of developing and supporting the expected term used in the Black-Sholes Option Pricing Model to determine fair value of grants to PEOs and NEOs.
Public company filer disclosures must provide added color on the full scope of executive compensation packages, changes in fair value of equity awards issued principal and named executive officers.
Mr. Chen specializes in the valuation of stock compensation, options, derivatives, and complex securities. He has extensive experience performing Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the…
Mr. Gawron is part of the portfolio valuation group specializing in valuations of privately-held debt securities, equity securities, and business enterprises for financial reporting purposes.…
Mr. Pesterev specializes in valuing complex securities including options, warrants, preferred stocks, convertible bonds, debt, contingent considerations, and commodity instruments for financial reporting and tax…
Ms. Keller specializes in the valuation of illiquid securities, including privately-held equity securities, fixed income securities, various derivatives and structured products, for hedge funds, private…
Ms. Shu specializes in complex securities valuation for financial reporting and tax purposes. She has extensive valuation expertise in complex financial instruments, including 409A valuation,…
Why do public companies, private equity firms, and asset managers rely on VRC for their critical valuation and advisory service requirements?
What makes valuing venture debt investments unique compared to debt investments in more established companies?
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Mr. Gottfried specializes in business enterprise, credit/debt instruments, equity, intangible asset and portfolio valuations. He has over 15 years of experience in planning, facilitating and…
Mr. Parmeswaran is part of portfolio valuation practice. He specializes in the valuation of complex securities. Prior to VRC, he was a director at CBIZ…
Ms. Shetty specializes in valuation of share-based compensation, options, derivatives, and complex securities. Prior to VRC, Ms. Shetty was an intern at Merrill Lynch where…
Mr. Sullivan is part of the portfolio valuation group specializing in valuations of business enterprises and illiquid privately-held debt and equity securities for tax and…
Mr. Li specializes in valuing complex securities including options, warrants, fixed income and credit derivatives, structured products and other derivatives. Prior to joining VRC, Mr.…
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…
Mr. Alfaro specializes in valuing complex securities including options, warrants, convertible bonds, and preferred and common stock in privately-held companies. He has extensive experience valuing…
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…
VRC provided a required valuation of tangible and intangible assets for a Master Limited Partnership (MLP) client in support of a purchase price allocation. There were no detailed fixed asset records; VRC needed to overcome significant data limitations.
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.
Mr. Martineaux is a part of VRC’s Portfolio Valuation Practice and specializes in business enterprise and illiquid securities valuation to hedge funds, private equity funds…
The valuation challenge with a hybrid security is to consider both the equity and debt components in a combined framework – this challenge is not without its tradeoffs.
Ms. Falcon has extensive experience in business valuation for financial and tax purposes, project management and corporate finance. Prior to joining Valuation Research, Ms. Falcon…
Ahead of an uncertain 2018, senior VRC professionals provided their insights regarding trends in accounting, valuation, taxes and other industry practices.
Michael Park is a part of the portfolio valuation group specializing in the valuation of illiquid securities, including privately-held equity securities, fixed income securities, various…
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.
Mr. Reddington specializes in the valuation of businesses, securities and intangible assets for financial reporting, tax and litigation purposes. Prior to joining VRC, Mr. Reddington…
Mr. Mainville specializes in the valuation of complex securities such as options, warrants, preferred and common stock in privately-held companies, management incentive plans (including those…
Mr. MacLean is a part of the portfolio valuation group specializing in valuations of privately-held debt securities, equity securities, CLO equity securities, and business enterprises…
Mr. Law specializes in the valuation of business enterprises, stock options, derivative securities, and intangible assets as well as fairness and solvency opinions for corporate…
Jason DeFazio is a part of the portfolio valuation group specializing in valuations of privately-held illiquid securities throughout the capital structure (both debt and equity…
Valuations for complex instruments such as options, warrants, convertible bonds, contingent consideration, preferred & common stock
An industrial property consisting of various manufacturing machinery & equipment was a candidate for an ad valorem tax reduction.
Mr. Alerasoul specializes in the valuation of stock compensation, options, derivatives and complex securities. Prior to joining VRC, Mr. Alerasoul held the position of valuation…
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.
An overview for corporate accounting professionals of Credit Valuation Adjustments and five common misperceptions about them.
Family offices making private equity investments need to be aware of valuation issues related investments in complex structures.
A Monte Carlo Simulation is a technique is often used to find fair value for financial instruments for which probabilistic distributions are unknown.
Share-based payments have led to boardroom creativity around an equity incentive award’s design, prompting developments in valuation approaches.
Companies seeking lower interest costs particularly as firms refinance maturing debt, convertible notes offer alternatives to straight debt securities. However, they come with complex valuation requirements.
In receiving value only if a threshold is met, carried interests have an asymmetric payoff similar to a stock option.
A shareholder of a closely-held hedge fund was not receiving the appropriate level of compensation per agreement with the controlling interest shareholder.
Nuanced securities typically contain options and market conditions that alter cash flows over the life of the security and raise valuation challenges.
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.
A leading manufacturer of branded food products engaged VRC to estimate the fair value of certain intangible assets acquired in a business combination.
To value profits interests, the economics of the equity capital must be clearly incorporated into the valuation.
Embedded derivatives require valuation at issuance and revaluation at all subsequent quarters with changes in value reported in earnings (non-cash).
The backsolve method derives from a timely transaction in a private company’s equity.
A leading international producer of nitrogen products acquires a nitrogen manufacturing company requiring a valuation for allocation of purchase price according to ASC 805.
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.