The first Brazilian CVAs, Ana Cristina Franca de Souza and Luiz Paulo Silveira, from Apsis Consultoria, had the idea to launch a translated version of “The Wiley Guide to Fair Value UnderIFRS”, by James Catty in 2011. The Bookman Group Editores bought the idea and now it is finally released to the Brazilian market.

They prepared the Brazilian edition revising the Portuguese translation and wrote an Introduction that relates the National Rules, called CPC 46, to the IFRS 13 and its main concepts, also mentioning the valuation processes described in the book.

This is actually the first book in Brazil about Valuation based on Fair Value. Looks like we started off on the right foot!

In the cooperation with Wiley, IACVA members are offered a 30% limited time discount through July 8, 2013 on selected titles in the Wiley bookstore. Please see the complete book titles in the attachment. When you are ready to purchase, visit www.wiley.com and look up the title of your choice. At checkout, please enter the discount code you received in your e-mail to activate the 30% discount. Feel free to contact us if you come across any problem during the browsing and purchasing or failed to receive the e-mail including discount code.

IACVA and NEBB Institute, Inc. joined forces to offer each other's members additional resources in their respective fields.  Many of the business valuators run into situations where machinery and equipment needs to be valued.  Now, being an IACVA member will help you gain access and add to your skill set through training and certification of equipment appraisal with NEBB where additional revenue may be generated.

NEBB Institute with headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an industry leader in training, certifying, servicing, and supporting Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraisers (CMEA) worldwide.  Beginning in the first quarter of 2014, NEBB will extend to each IACVA Charter the ability to earn the professional designation of CMEA through a comprehensive two day intensive training program via the internet and interactive voice connection. Professionals who attend the CMEA training program will learn the two most commonly used approaches to value, age/life methodology, levels of trade, depreciation, data collection, marketing, how to sell an appraisal, forms, and much, much more. CMEAs also have access to an Appraisal's Resource Database where over 8 million comparable items of value are identified as well as an exclusive and proprietary MEA Report Writer software to write a compliant Certified Appraisal Report.

To obtain additional information about earning the CMEA professional credential and what it can mean for you and your business, email Debra Baker at marketing@nebboffice.com or visit www.nebbinstitute.org.  Two preliminary training dates have been scheduled with additional dates forthcoming!  Email Debra to be notified of additional class dates.

The initial training date: March 20 & 21, 2014

NACVA and CTI’s 2013 Annual Consultants Conference were successfully held in Washington DC from June 5 to 8.  About 700 Attendees from the U.S., Canada, China, Korea, Germany and Ghana joined this conference.

New to the Annual Consultants’ Conference is the Valuation and Financial Forensic Accelerator Tracks.  Despite having obtained a credential, many valuators and financial forensic analysts are still trying to figure out how to successfully and profitably complete consulting engagements. These tracks were created to advance the proficiencies required to achieve a valuation or financial forensics credential, but to also provide even more practical skills, covering everything between engagement acceptances to report delivery. These are serious tracks created for ambitious up-and-comers and even seasoned practitioners who want to bolster their skills to create a thriving practice. Also new to this year’s conference are information-packed sessions and expanded learning clinics on Saturday’s agenda.
NACVA and the CTI’s 2013 Annual Consultants’ Conference will open doors to new ways of looking at your business, take you back to basics, remind you of that great habit or process you forgot along the way, and sharpen your skills by bringing the industry’s best and brightest to deliver techniques and strategies you can take home and implement tomorrow. 4 days. 57 sessions.53 presenters.Up to 38 hours of continuing professional education credit. All of which adds up to more success for you and your business.

If you want to find out more about the sessions and presentations at this conference, contact us at: info1@iacva.org today.

On May 10, 2013, IACVA President William Hanlin attended the International Conference jointly sponsored by WAVO and China Appraisal Society in Yichang, China.  The conference focused on” Valuation, Innovation and Development”.

At this conference, President Hanlin was invited to deliver the speech titled “Discount and Premium Issues in Business Valuation”. Inspired by his speech, he engaged heated discussion with many conference attendees afterwards. Subsequently, other speakers shared their challenges and triumphs in dealing with these issues in their daily work. Over 150 professionals from around the world participated in this one day conference. At the conference closing ceremony, Hanlin called upon young professionals to continue innovating in our field and the world community of valuation professionals to join hands in developing new theory, techniques and practices.

After the conference, WAVO members attended the Annual General Meeting in beautiful port city of Yichang, where the Three Gorges Dams are located.

About India Charter

India chapter of IACVA was established in September 2012. The chapter is located in Chennai, in the State of Tamil Nadu, in South India.

At present it is lead and coordinated by Ms.Rajeswari and Ms.Geetha.

The chapter conducted its first TTT (Train the Trainer) program on 11th and 12th March 2013 at Chennai. Mr. Bill Hanlin conducted the program. 12 trainees, all with relevant knowledge and experience in this subject attended the TTT.

The two days of training went off exceedingly well with Bill holding the class to rapt attention with his excellent delivery and drawing upon his vast knowledge and experience in the field of valuation to provide us very valuable inputs on teaching of the subject. This in turn enabled good interactions and high quality deliberations among the participants. On the whole a thoroughly enjoyable program that has given the right impetus and motivation to the charter.

The chapter also organized a program for the members of the Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered accountants of India (SIRC). Mr. Bill Hanlin was the chief guest and his address was very well received by the audience that mostly included practicing accountants. The Regional director of the ministry of corporate affairs, who briefly addressed the gathering, was very clear in saying that the regulator strongly feels the need for professionals to be well equipped in the field of valuation particularly in the current scenario of changing legislations.The meeting was attended by more than 400 members of the institute.

Training program shall be announced in due course.

The Business Valuation and FinancialForensic SuperConference of 2013Announced by NACVA, IACVA, and the CTI

SALT LAKE CITY—MARCH 22, 2013—The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA), and the Consultants’ Training Institute (CTI) will collaborate to host the 2013 Annual Consultants’ Conference, June 5–8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Themed “Innovate. Collaborate. Succeed,” the four-day conference will serve as a forum where ideas, marketplaces, and people from around the globe intersect to expand their networks, explore concepts, and share ideas on how to meet the demands of the dynamic and unpredictable world economy.

The conference will be hosted at the  Washington Hilton Hotel  in northwest Washington, DC and will feature 57 sessions covering a broad spectrum of the highest-demand specialty areas within the accounting and financial consulting profession, those being business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, succession/exit planning, financial forensics, expert witnessing, forensic accounting, healthcare valuation, risk management, and venture capital valuation. Industry standards and professional ethics will also be discussed. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn up to 38 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) credit in compliance with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).

“We have assembled an outstanding faculty of over 50 presenters that represent the industry’s masters and emerging leaders to present sessions on the latest theories, practical application, tools, and techniques that ambitious up-and-comers and seasoned business valuation and financial forensic analysts can implement to support their consulting engagements.  The knowledge they will gain from these sessions are designed to help bolster their skills and to assist them in building and maintaining a thriving practice,” states  Brien K. Jones, Executive Vice President for Business Development and Continuing Education for NACVA and the CTI. “Each year this conference, which is the first major conference of the year in the accounting and financial consulting profession, attracts 700 to 800 U.S. and international business valuation and financial forensic analysts. Not only does the conference deliver technical content, but numerous social events are planned that allow the attendees to expand their networks.”

The conference keynotes, The Firm of the Future: A Radical Business Model for Professional Firms, presented by Ron Baker of the VeraSage Institute, and Advanced Pricing: Tools to Increase Revenue and Pricing Competencies,  presented by Michelle Golden, CPF of Golden Practices, will address how today’s accounting and financial consulting firms should consider evolving into a new era of doing business.

Other notable sessions that will be featured as part of the conference include:

Business Valuation Venture Capital Forum
Presenter: Lorenzo Carver, MBA, MS, CPA, CVA ofbpCentral, Inc.

Business Valuation Reports and the IRS
Presenter: Mike Gregory, AVA, ASA, Qualified Mediator MN Supreme Court of Michael Gregory Consulting

Combining Formal Valuation Practice, M&A Advisory Services, and the M&A Buy-Side Point of View
Presenter: Mitchell Martin of The McLean Group and Andrew Sherman, Esq., CMAP of Jones Day

Common Misconceptions Regarding SBBI Cost of Capital Information
Presenter: Kevin Piccolo, ASA of Morningstar, Inc.

Current Update in Forensic Accounting—Behavior Detection and Facial Mapping
Presenter: Darrell D. Dorrell, CPA, MBA, CVA, CMA, ABV, CFF of financialforensics®

Emerging Financial Forensic Specialty: Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Reorganization
Presenter: Michael Pakter, CGMA, CVA, CFFA, CFF, CDBV, CIRA, CFE, CPA, CA of Gould &Pakter Associates, LLC

Estimating the Cost of Capital—An Update on Current Research
Presenters: Dr. Ashok Abbott, tenured Associate Professor of Finance at West Virginia University and
James Harrington, MBA of Duff & Phelps

Evolving and Contradictory IRS Views on the Use of Restricted Stock Data
Presenter: Lance Hall, ASA of FMV Opinions, Inc.

Executive Compensation and Related Issues in Divorce
Presenter: Hubert Klein, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, CFE of EisnerAmper, LLP

How to Provide a Supportable Discount for Lack of Marketability
Presenter: James R. Hitchner, CPA, ABV, CFF, ASA of Financial Valuation Advisors

Lost Profits and Damages Calculations
Presenters: Nancy Fannon, CPA, ASA, ABV, MCBA of Meyers Harrison, Pia, LLC and
Rebekah Smith, CPA, CVA, CFFA, CFF of GBQ Consulting, LLC
Normalizing and Control Adjustments for Business Valuation
Presenter: Marc Bello, CPA, ABV, MST, CVA, CFFA of Edelstein & Company LLP

Professional Ethics for Business Valuators
Presenter: Alex Kindler, CPA, ABV, CFF, PFS, CVA of Horovitz, Rudoy&Roteman

Proof of Lost Profits and Lost Business Value in Electronic Commerce Litigation
Presenter: Robert Dunn, JD of Dunn on Damages

Rebuttal Reports and The Defense Expert’s Role
Presenter: Michael Kaplan, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFFA of Kaplan, Abraham, Burkert& Co.

The Effect of Taxes on Value in Private Capital Markets (a.k.a. “S-Corps")
Presenter: Nancy Fannon, CPA, ASA, ABV, MCBA of Meyers Harrison, Pia, LLC

The Reality of Hope and Change: The Outlook for the Healthcare Industry in 2013 and Beyond
Presenter: Tim Smith, CPA, ABV with Touchstone Valuation, LLC

The Role of the Financial Forensic Expert
Presenter: Jeffrey D. Diamond, JD of Law Offices of Jeffrey D. Diamond

The Top Five Commercial Litigation Engagements You’re Missing Out On
Presenter: Neil Beaton, CPA, ASA, ABV of Alvarez and Marsal

Unifying Industry Standards—Bringing Everyone to the Table
Presenters: Mark Hanson, CPA, ABV, CVA of Schenck SC and
Mark Kucik, CPA, CVA, CM&AA, CFF, CPVA of The Kucik Valuation Group

Using Your International Business Valuation Network
Presenter: William Hanlin, CPA, CFE, CVA, CFD of Hanlin Moss, PS, and President of the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA)

Valuing Privately Held Businesses for Succession and Exit Planning
Presenter: Willis Eayrs, CVA, CM&AA, CMAP, CEPA of Corporate Financial Advisor

You, Your Practice, and Assets Are at Risk. Don’t Roll the Dice with Practice Risk Management
Presenters: James Frazier of Primus Assurance Group and
LariMasten, MSA, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, ABAR of the Masten Valuation Group

Full conference details, early registration discounts, and the schedule can be found in the conference brochure.

Conference sponsors include the Appraisal Database and Mentoring Services, KeyValueData, the Middle Market Investment Banking Association, and Value Source. Exhibit opportunities are available.

The Middle Market Investment Banking Association (MMIBA) will offer its Advanced Mergers and Acquisitions Workshop June 4–6, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. This workshop is designed to provide participants with an in-depth view of important aspects in middle market mergers and acquisitions providing a hands-on approach to the analysis and implementation of the foremost strategies used by middle market investment bankers in the areas of capital formation, leveraged buyouts, deal structuring, post-merger integration, and corporate restructurings.

For information, including the schedule of events, early registration discounts, exhibit and sponsor opportunities, and travel services please visit the NACVA website at www.NACVA.com/conference.asp  or call Member Services at +1-800-677-2009.

 IACVA 2012 World Council Meeting was successfully held in Xi'an, China.

2012 IACVA-CAS Business Valuation Conference was held on September 20 and 21, 2012 in the historical city of Xi'an, China.

The 2012 Business Valuation Conference has attracted over 200 professionals from USA, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Russia, India, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China to come and join the discussion. The keynote speeches include Valuation Issues for Economic Damages, The Transfer and Valuation of Equities in Merger & Acquisition Cases, The Valuation of Early Stage Technologies for Technology Transfer Negotiations, Where to find information for your valuation engagement, How to build a successful valuation practice, and a panel discussion about IFRS Valuation update. All of them are topics that have gained international attention.

The speeches and discussion have got lots of feedbacks from the attendees. They spoke out their own inspirations and questions about the speeches. This conference was also a huge opportunity for professionals from different countries to network with their counterparts, and share experience with each other.

http://www.cas.org.cn/xwdt/xydt/40059.htm
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