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Business Succession Planning for Private Companies

Creating Exit Options Comes from Early Planning and Creating Value Fueled by the roughly eight million Baby Boomers moving toward retirement, the next 10 to 15 years is expected to bring substantial transfers of wealth through both the outright sale of businesses as well as...

July 7, 2015

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Governance, Strategy, KPIs and Valuation

Strategy and Risk Management Top the Priority List for Board Focus With a volatile economic and geopolitical landscape, the accelerating speed of technology change, and competitive disruption, governance is more critical than ever to success. The spotlight on corporate directors continues to intensify as regulators...

July 7, 2015

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Innovation, Marketing, Sales and Company Valuation

Companies That Invest In Marketing and Sales Capabilities See 30% Higher Revenue Growth. Companies with better marketing and sales capabilities grow faster than their peers. Revenue growth at companies with more advanced marketing and sales capabilities tends to be 30 percent greater than the average...

July 3, 2015

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Goodwill – What’s it all about?

By: H. Warrick Jervis, Quist Senior Financial Analyst – In the context of a Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill represents the total consideration paid for an acquisition, less the value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets. Essentially, it is a residual value – the leftover...

April 23, 2014

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Assembling Your Team for a Successful Transaction

A merger or acquisition is a big deal for any company. So how do you ensure that your transaction is a success from start to finish? The first step of ensuring a successful transaction is to assemble the right team that will help you see...

March 30, 2014

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Gift and Estate Tax: How are they related?

The Gift Tax, according to the definition on the IRS website, “…is a tax on the transfer of property by one individual to another while receiving nothing, or less than full value, in return.” The Estate Tax is defined by the same website as, “…a...

March 13, 2014

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Are Strategic Valuations Right for Your Company?

For many businesses, strategic valuations are an important tool for gaining and maintaining competitive advantages. Not only can a strategic valuation of your business provide you with a road map of the position of your company in its industry, but it can also form part...

March 13, 2014

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RIAs – Getting turned around by what it’s worth? Valuation terminology can send you into a tailspin.

One of the most common issues we see in the registered investment advisory world is the discrepancy in understanding the different levels of value and how they coincide with various valuation approaches. For example, a controlling shareholder that is selling the business to a single...

November 27, 2013