Please Note: The following courses require additional registration fees

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POV Courses for Business Valuation Appraisers

The following POV courses will be held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, July 12–15.

Click on the links below for more information and to register

BV201N (Introduction to Business Valuation)

BV202N (The Income Approach)

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CAVS Seminars for Business Valuation Appraisers

The following seminars will be held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel:

Click on the links below to register:

July 13: CAVSSCORP The Valuation of S Corporations
Discuss relevant tax court decisions; attributes of S corporations; S corp models; valuation of controlling interests; Daubert challenge criteria.
Instructor: Daniel R. Van Vleet, ASA

July 14: CAVSDP Discounts and Premiums
Explore controversies regarding QMDM, Pre-IPO studies and Restricted Stock studies; why benchmarking is not an option; distinguishing between liquidity and marketability; holding period vs. liquidition period; determinents of liquidity; liquidity and block size; look back put vs. Black Scholes; comparison between different measures of DLOM/DLOL; recent research and its application to the discounts; explore control premiums for blocks.
Instructor: Ashok B. Abbott, Ph.D.

July 15: CAVSEWP Expert Witness Preperation and Testimony
This seminar is of interest to appraisers in all disciplines . A discussion for valuators giving expert witness testimony regarding pre-engagement considerations, interaction between expert and attorney, discovery/investigation, preparation of the expert's report, critique of opposing expert's report, trial preparation, qualification as an expert, conduct at trial, and dos and don't while on the witness stand.
Instructor: Richard M. Wise, FASA

July 17: CAVSRO — Real Options and the Value of Uncertainty
Participants will gain a working knowledge of Crystal Ball®'s Monte Carlo simulation and how it is employed to improve the valuation process; be guided through the business case for the use of real options, the basics of real option theory, the real option solution process and methodology, and a number of case studies from different industries. Latest challenges to traditional concepts of risk/reward measurement will also be presented.
Instructors: Kevin P. Couillard, ASA and David C. Ewert, Ph.D.

July 18: CAVSMODS Developing Reliable Valuation Models
Gain an understanding of the theoretical foundations and assumptions of the Black Scholes and binomial models and the important differences between the two; learn to properly use these models as tools when approaching the valuation of complex financial instruments.
Instructor: Travis W. Harms, CFA, CPA/ABV