26 August 2024 I 5:00 pm (CET)
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Topic: Update on Valuation Trends in the Private Equity and Venture Capital Markets
Speaker: Antonella Puca, CPA ABV, CFA, BlueVal
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Antonella Puca is a Partner with BlueVal in New York. Antonella specializes in the valuation of private equity and venture-backed companies for financial and tax reporting, M&A transactions, buy-sell agreements, estate planning and litigation purposes. With more than 20 years of experience in the alternative investment industry, Antonella has particular expertise in providing valuations of high growth companies and complex securities at fair value to private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, including the use of option pricing models and Monte Carlo Simulation. Antonella has been qualified as an expert witness in the State of California. She has served on the Business Valuation Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), as a member of the research committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), as a director and treasurer of the Board of the CFA Society of New York and as a Director at CFA Institute. She is an instructor in the AICPA Business Valuation training program and a consultant on the CFA exam development team. Prior to BlueVal, Antonella has held positions at various valuation advisory firms, KPMG, E&Y and RSM in San Francisco and New York. Antonella is the author of Early Stage Valuation (Wiley: 2020) and a frequent presenter and author on valuation and alternative investment topics. She has received the 2021 Volunteer of the Year Award – Valuation Services of the AICPA. Antonella graduated cum laude in Economics at the University Federico II of Naples, Italy and has a Master in Law Studies – Taxation from the NYU School of Law.
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2024 Schedule:
- 30 September 2024
- 21 October 2024
- 25 November 2024
- 9 December 2024
2025 Schedule:
- 20 January 2025
- 17 February 2025
- 24 March 2025
- 28 April 2025
Previous Webcasts:
- 22 July 2024: Introduction and applications of Monte Carlo simulation in valuation: Dharah Shah, CVA, Knowcraft Analytics Pvt. Ltd.
- 24 June 2024: Economic Update, Speaker: Simon Rubinsohn, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- 13 May 2024: Blockage and DLOM in a Margrabe Exchange Option Framework, Speaker: Dr. Ashok Abbott, MBA, PhD, Business Valuation LLC
- 22 April 2024: Fair Value: Accounting’s Perspective on Valuation, Speaker: James Walling, CFA, CVA, Accretive Strategies Consulting Group LLC
- 25 March 2024: Mind the GAAP: Is the Increased Use of Non-GAAP Metrics Helpful or Misleading for Valuation? Speaker: Deborah Taylor, CV, Financial Edge Training, London
- 19 February 2024: Business Valuation Based on Company Law Regulations in Germany and Austria -Insights Into and Outlook on the “Objectified Business Value”. Speaker: Dipl.-Kfm. Wolfgang Kniest, CVA, EACVA
- 29 January 2024: Where Skill Meets Opportunity: Development of Long-Term Engagements!
Speaker: Mark G. Kucik, CPA/CFF, CVA, CM&AA, CPVA, The Kucik Valuation Group - 11 December 2023: Value of Security Issued by Privately Held Companies with Complex Capital Structure; Speaker: Upasak B. Shah, Knowcraft Analytics Pvt. Ltd., India
- 20 November 2023: Do you really know your cost of capital? Speaker: Prof. Peter Nyberg, D.Sc. (Econ.), Aalto University School of Business, Finland
- 23 October 2023: Private Company M&A Valuation: Financial Reporting; Speaker: Stephen A. White, CVA Expert Valuation Analyst at Onyx Partners Group, New York
- 25 September 2023: How Free is the Riskfree Rate; Speaker: Dr. Bennet Kpentey, DBA, CPC, CVA, Sync Consult, AACVA
- 28 August 2023: Behavioral Valuation: The Valuation Mindset—the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making; Speaker: Dr. Marc Broekema, Kroll
- 24 July 2023: Valuation Considerations for Biotech Companies; Speaker: Dharah Shah, CVA, Knowcraft Analytics Pvt. Ltd.
- 26 June 2023: Principles, Tasks, and Tools for Successful Professionals Speaker: WP StB Andreas Creutzmann, CVA, IVA VALUATION & ADVISORY
- 22 May 2023: Working Capital Analysis and Projection Challenges & Inconsistencies Speaker: Brady T. Finney, Atlantic Management Company, Inc.
- 24 April 2023: Liquidity and Marketability Discounts in a Margrabe Exchange Option Framework Speaker: Dr. Ashok Abbott, MBA, PhD, Business Valuation LLC
- 27 March 2023: Improving the Selection of CAPM Betas – A New Tool Coming Soon (Part II) Speakers: Carla S. Nunes, CFA and Kevin Madden, Kroll
- 20 February 2023: Buying Performance? The Impact of Multiple Arbitrage in Buy-and-Build Strategies of Private Equity Firms; Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schwetzler, CVA, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
- 30 January 2023: Global Economic Conditions Impacting Business Valuation and Appraisal; Speaker: Simon Rubinsohn, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- 19 December 2022: Business Valuation Déjà Vu’s; Speaker: Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR, Mercer Capital
- 28 November 2022: Kroll Cost of Capital New Beta Module; Speaker: Carla Nunes, CFA, Kroll
- 24 October 2022: Business Valuations in the Wine Industry; Speaker: Joseph Orlando, ASA, Exit Strategies Group
- 26 September 2022: Early Stage Valuation; Speaker: Antonella Puca, CFA, CPA/ABV, MPI Business Valuation & Advisory
- 25 July 2022: Simulation based valuation: Theory and Practice; Speakers: Prof. Dr. Werner Gleißner, FutureValue Group and University of Dresden / Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Ernst, International School of Finance (ISF) Nürtingen-Geislingen University and European Institute of Quantitative Finance (EIQF)
- 27 June 2022 – Contingent Consideration / Earnout Valuations; Speaker: James B Walling, CFA, CVA, Accretive Strategies Consulting Group, Gilroy US
- 23 May 2022 – Business Valuation in the Czech Republic; Speaker: Ing. Barbora Rýdlová, PhD, Prague University of Economics and Business
- 25 April 2022 – Calculating Marketability Discounts; Speaker: Andrew Strickland, Consultant at Scrutton Bland, Director at International Institute of Business Valuers (iiBV), UK
- 28 March 2022 – Valuation – from a UK Perspective; Speaker: David Bowes, DIP LAW, FTII, FRICS, MEWI, SSBV, Share and Business Valuation Specialist
- 21 February 2022 – Cost Approach to Intellectual Property Valuation; Speaker: Robert F. Reilly, CPA, ASA, ABV, CVA, CFF, CMA, Willamette Management Associates
- 31 January 2022 – The Real Property Appraisal Worldview: An Eye-Opening Guide for Business Valuers; Speaker: Dennis A. Webb, ASA, MAI, FRICS, business and real estate appraiser
- 20 December 2021 – Discussion on Global Professional Standards with GACVA Leaders:
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- 25 October 2021 – APT versus CAPM: An analysis with implications for international cost of capital estimation and privately-traded capital asset valuation; Speaker: Malcolm McClelland, PhD, McLelland + Palazzi Financial Economics
- 27 September 2021 – Terminal Value: Fade factors and growth assumptions; Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schwetzler, CVA, Chair Financial Management, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
- 12 July 2021 – Today’s Fraud Risk Models Lack Personality; Speaker: Dr. Sri Ramamoorti, ACA, CPA, CFE, CFF, CIA, CFE, CRMA, CGFM, CRP, FCPA, MAFF, Associate Professor of Accountancy at University of Dayton
- 28 June 2021 – The Future of the Business Valuation Profession − Professional Associations, Business Valuation Standards, and Business Valuation Theory; Speaker: Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR, Mercer Capital
- 24 May 2021 – Construction Impacts During COVID-19 Times; Speaker: Alina Rivera, CPA, CVA, CFE, MAFF, CIRA, CGMA, MBA, CEO and Partner at On Point Strategy
- 26 April 2021 – Multiple Adjustments: Theory vs Practice – How can we discern the adequate level of the multiple we should use in the valuation of an unlisted company?; Speaker: Anamaria Ciobanu, Senior Manager, Deal Advisory, Valuations, KPMG Romania / Professor of Finance at ASE ASE BUCURESTI, Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange
- 29 March 2021 – Accounting and Business Valuation – How Accounting Information Impacts Business Valuation in Practice; Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Meitner, CFA, Managing Partner VALUESQUE
- 22 February 2021 – Economic Outlook in a Post COVID World – Incorporating Real GDP Growth and Inflation Expectations in Valuations; Speaker: Carla Nunes, Managing Director, Global Leader – Valuation Digital Solutions | Duff & Phelps/Kroll
- 25 January 2021 – Valuation, Common Sense, and Common Errors and Normalized Risk-Free rates
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