Guide Brings Consensus View from Three BV Leaders

Q&A Guide for Valuation Practitioners

James Hitchner, Dr. Shannon Pratt, and Jay Fishman are co-authors of a publication that uses a Q&A approach to address important questions. The article includes excerpts from this book.

The new year brings an important new resource to valuation and litigation professionals: A Consensus View Q&A Guide to Financial Valuation.  Written by Jim Hitchner, Shannon Pratt, and Jay Fishman, this 350+ page Guide answers the most common questions these three analysts have been asked in their combined 150+ years of experience in the profession.

One of the book’s 13 reviewers is Scott Saltzman, managing member of Saltzman, LLC and president of NACVA.  “The Q&A Guide addresses a number of key areas in the valuation process that will no doubt assist the reader in that valuation process,” says Saltzman.  “This book is unique in that it does not attempt to cover everything in valuation, but it discusses key areas of valuations in greater detail, which brings great clarity to the subjects.  I highly recommend this book for individuals who want a better or more in-depth understanding of the valuation process and methodology.”  A Consensus View Q&A Guide to Financial Valuation Selected Excerpts (PDF)

The 2016 edition, which will be updated annually, addresses four popular subject areas: The Income Approach, Cost of Capital/Rates of Return, Discounts and Premiums, and Business Valuation Standards and Ethics.  Check out these sample questions and answers from each of the four chapters of the Q&A Guide, which is now available in both print (hardcover) and electronic (PDF) formats.  For details/to order, go to www.valuationproducts.com/HPFQA.

James R. Hitchner is Managing Director of Financial Valuation Advisors, www.finvaluation.com and is President of The Financial Consulting Group www.gofcg.org. He is also CEO of Valuation Products and Services, www.valuationproducts.com which created and distributes the Business Valuation Standards Compliance Toolkit and presents monthly webinars. He is also Editor in Chief of Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert, a bimonthly journal that presents views and tools from some of the leading experts in valuation, forensics/fraud and litigation services.
To obtain more information about this new publication, please contact Karen Warner, Managing Editor at (609) 289-8341 or e-mail to kwarner@finvaluation.com.