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| EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE |
COVID-19 EMPIRE’S REPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS:
To our clients, friends & associates Click here to read our full response.
Recent Webinars
COVID-19 & the IRS – What you need to know!
Recorded - July 22, 2020
Presenters: Hugh Woodside and Rich Hayes - Empire Valuation Consultants, Mike Gregory - Michael Gregory Consulting
Valuations and Estate Planning - Impact of Covid
Recorded - Jun 30, 2020
Presenters: Todd G. Povlich, MPI, Dan Kerrigan, MPI, Scott Nammacher, Empire Valuation Consultants, Kevin Kane, Empire Valuation Consultants, Jonathan Blattmachr, Esq. Pioneer Wealth Partners and Martin Shenkman, Esq., Shenkman Law
Impairment Testing Decisions in Uncertain Times
Recorded May 13, 2020.
Presenter: William A. Johnston, ASA, IA/BV
Fiduciary Liability and Valuation Issues as a Result of COVID-19
Password for accessing the webinar: 3s#01YCR
Recorded April 23, 2020.
Presenters: Harold L. Deiters III – Empire Valuation Consultants and Robert Harper – Farrell Fritz
NCEO 2020 Employee Ownership Conference – The ABC’s of ESOP Feasibility What is it?
Recorded April 21, 2020.
Presenters: Chuck Coyne – Empire Valuation Consultants, Tabitha Croscut – Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA and Joseph Gilbert – Wells Fargo Advisors
COVID-19 – Considerations for Business Valuation for Estate Planning & Administration Purposes
Recorded April 16, 2020.
Presenters: Hugh Woodside ASA, CFA, Kevin Kane, ASA, CFA, Scott Nammacher, ASA, CFA
Virtual Town Hall – Impact of COVID-19 To Global Business Valuation and Appraisal
Recorded April 8 2020.
Presenters: William (Bill) A. Johnston, ASA, Stephen Cole, FCPA, FCBV, Jim Walling, CFA, CVA, Lari B. Masten, MSA, CPA/ABV/CFF, CPVA, CVA, MAFF, ABAR
Leigh Miller, EY Global Valuation, Modeling & Economics Leader, Johnnie White, MBA, CAE, CMP
The Financial and Valuation Impact on Your Client’s Businesses as a Result of COVID-19
Recorded March 25, 2020.
Presenters: Harold Deiters ABV, Joseph Ammirati ASA, Pasquale Rafanelli ASA
Since our founding in 1988, Empire Valuation Consultants has grown into one of the nation’s leading and most respected independent valuation consulting firms.
We are committed to providing personalized attention and delivering timely results to every engagement.
After a rigorous due diligence process, we provide experience and judgment, along with industry and valuation knowledge to each engagement, thereby providing our clients with the best possible results.
Valuation is our only business.
Our commitment to service is matched by our intense focus on delivering results. Developed and refined over many years, our process has been carefully crafted to deliver independent, thoroughly supported, on-time and credible valuations to clients.
The success of this process is reflected in the firm’s reputation in the marketplace. Time and again, attorneys, accountants, estate and insurance planners, bankers and others—from the most prestigious firms to the sole practitioner—recommend and turn to us for a broad range of valuation needs.
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| NEWS & EVENTS |
Solvency and Fairness Issues for Transactions in Today's COVID Environment
During the pandemic, the types of corporate transactions getting done are changing to reflect the growing risk and uncertainty, as well as the opportunities, of the current COVID economic environment. At the same time, the use of solvency opinions and fairness opinions to provide due care to Boards of Directors in connection with these transactions may be changing, too.
Read the full article here
Proposed SEC Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Article
It has been 50 years (1969-70) since the Securities and Exchange Commission last addressed valuation practices under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("the Act") in a comprehensive manner. Rule 2(a)(41) of the Act requires funds to establish the value of their illiquid portfolio investments at "fair value" as determined in good faith by the fund's board. The SEC's proposed Rule 2a-5 encompasses valuation rules, definitions, background, procedures and requirements.
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Even during turbulent and uncertain times there is opportunity for estate planning, corporate planning, and succession planning. Albert Einstein was quoted as saying, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” A good first step for many of these planning activities is getting a business valuation completed. To assist with your planning, the following article provides some insight into when and how the recent pandemic impacts the valuation of businesses and holding companies.
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The Cannabis Industry in the wake of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the global economy. While most industries and businesses have been propelled into financial distress, some have not only stayed afloat, but are thriving and doing significantly better than prior to the pandemic.
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COVID-19: The Financial and Valuation Impact
If you are the owner of a business, now is the time to start thinking about, and preparing for, the future. As a business owner, what you do today, and the ground work that you lay, will set up the future and could very well be the deciding factor as to whether or not you will be successful.
Read the full article here here
Empire Announces Michael Brien and Jonathan Tang Have Been Promoted to Managing Director
Empire Valuation Consultants is pleased to announce that Mike Brien and Jon Tang have been promoted to Managing Director effective January 1, 2020
Read the full announcement here
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