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AICPA Valuation Standard and Implementation Toolkit
The AICPA standard provides guidelines to CPAs for developing estimates of value and reporting on the results. It applies to AICPA members who perform an engagement that estimates the value of a business, business interest, security or intangible asset for numerous purposes, including sales transactions, financing, taxation, financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, management and financial planning and litigation.
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AltAssets
AltAssets is an online financial news website focused on the private equity and venture capital industry. Owned and operated as a free service by private equity advisory firm, Almeida Capital, AltAssets was launched in 2001 and is based in London.
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BVLaw
BVLaw™ is the first central, fully searchable repository for all valuation cases and summary digests. BVLaw™ legal analysts identify, track and collect published decisions from the courts in all 50 U.S. states and federal jurisdictions - including the Delaware Chancery Court and the U.S. Tax Courts. All areas of business valuation law are covered and all decisions are concisely distilled into efficient abstracts that save attorneys and appraisers valuable time and money.
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Aswath Damodaran is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he teaches corporate finance and equity valuation. He is best known as author of several widely used academic and practitioner texts on Valuation, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management. His site includes numerous reliable material in business valuation.
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Factset
FactSet, a leading provider of financial data and analytics, offers instant access to information to thousands of financial professionals around the globe. The company provides financial information and analytic software for investment professionals.
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First Research
First Research is a leading provider of market analysis tools.
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Intenrational Valuation Standard Council
The IVSC develops and maintains standards for the reporting and disclosure of valuations, especially those that will be relied upon by investors and other third party stakeholders. It also supports the need to develop a framework of guidance on best practice for valuations of the various classes of assets and liabilities and for the consistent delivery of the standards by properly trained professionals around the globe.
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PEI
PEI is the leading financial information group dedicated to the alternative asset classes of private equity, real estate and infrastructure globally.
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PrivateEquityFirms.com
PrivateEquityFirms.com is a web-based, subscriber accessed directory of private equity firms with relevant, easy to use search tools to locate firms of interest.
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PrivateEquityValuation
Valuation guidelines are used by the private equity and venture capital industry for valuing private equity investments and provide a framework for fund managers and investors to monitor the value of existing investments. The new guidelines are based on the overall principle of ‘fair value’ in order to be consistent with IFRS and US GAAP.
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SharesPost
SharesPost connects buyers and sellers of shares in leading, venture-backed private companies and gives them the information, tools and assistance they need to close transactions efficiently.
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Trefis
Trefis is a stock analysis service that breaks down a stock price by the contribution of a company’s major products and businesses. The model allows users to change underlying assumptions by simply dragging lines on charts forecasting the future price of the products, their future expected market share, etc. Every time you change an assumption, the price target changes accordingly.
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ValoNews
ValoNews is a French blog discussing Independent Financial Valuation. It covers both technical aspects (eg. structured products, modelling) and regulation in Europe.
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Wikipedia Business Valuation
Wikipedia provides a good source of information to have a lobal overview of business valuation and related links.