BV529 The Size Premium: Fact or Fiction Should It Still Be Used in Your Valuations?

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Class Date/Time

Thursday, October 6, 2022
1:00pm-3:00pm Eastern Standard Time

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  • Electronic webinar handout(s)*

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Continuing Education (CE) Credit

This webinar will award 2 CE/CPE hour(s) for the live event. 

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CPE Credit: Up to two (2) CPE credits in Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Intermediate
Delivery Method: Only group-live courses are approved for CPE
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
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Webinar Description

The use of a size adjustment when estimating the cost of capital for a small firm has become common practice in business valuations. However, the application of a size premium is not without controversy. In this webinar, we will go back to basics and provide support to why valuation professionals can continue to make use of a size adjustment in their valuations

  • What is the size effect?
  • Does the size effect still exist?
  • How is size measured?
  • Criticisms of the size effect and selected counter-arguments
  • Case Study - How to use the data in Kroll’s Risk Premium Report using:
    • The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
    • Various Build-up Approaches

Instructional Methods

Methods include lecture, visual PPT presentation and polling questions.  

Course Audience

Valuation (financial reporting, tax, litigation, fairness opinions) professionals, Corporate Development teams, Controllers, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams, Investment Banking professionals, Private Equity professionals

Learning Level 

Intermediate 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe the size effect;
  • Identify different ways to measure the size effect; 
  • Recognize criticisms of the size effect and list counter-arguments; and 
  • Apply size adjustments to a cost of equity estimate using the Capital Asset Pricing Model, as well as different specifications of the build-up model.

eMaterials

All course materials included with you registration are PDF Download Only items made available to students prior to the start of the class and are not for resale or distribution. All downloadable materials are accessible via your education dashboard (login required). Once eMaterials have been posted for download, the class is no longer refundable.

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Certificate of Completion

A certificate of completion will be available to view and/or download immediately via your education dashboard once all required components are completed. 

Carla S. Nunes, CFA, ABV

Managing Director

Kroll

Carla S. Nunes, CFA, ABV, is a Managing Director in the Office of Professional Practice of Kroll. In addition, Carla is the Global Leader of Kroll’s Valuation Digital Solutions group, which produces cost of capital thought leadership content and data housed in the Cost of Capital Navigator. She has over 25 years of experience in valuation, financial reporting and tax, conducting numerous business and asset valuations for a variety of purposes including purchase price allocations, goodwill and asset impairments, mergers & acquisitions, tax restructuring, debt analysis, and gift and estate tax planning. Carla also has extensive experience working with multinational companies, having addressed complex tax, international cost of capital, and foreign exchange issues. Carla is a contributing author to “Cost of Capital: Applications and Examples,” 5th edition, by Shannon Pratt and Roger Grabowski. She is a co-author of the “Valuation Handbook” series and co-creator of the Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator. She recently co-authored Kroll’s ESG and Global Investor Returns Study and was a contributing author to The Appraisal Foundation’s “The Art of Valuation. Carla is a member of the Education Committee at the iiBV, and just completed her two-year term as Practitioner Director in the Board of FMA International.

James P. Harrington

Director

Kroll

James P. Harrington is a Director in Kroll’s Valuation Digital Solutions group, which produces the content and data housed in the Cost of Capital Navigator. James provides technical support on client engagements involving cost of capital matters. Previously, James was director of valuation research in Morningstar’s Financial Communications Business. James is co-author of the “Valuation Handbook” series with colleagues Carla Nunes and Roger Grabowski. James is co-author of the Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation® Summary Edition with Roger Ibbotson (Professor in the Practice Emeritus of Finance at Yale School of Management). James is a contributing author to Cost of Capital: Applications and Examples, 5th edition, by Shannon P. Pratt and Roger J. Grabowski. James is a contributing author to Shannon Pratt’s Valuing a Business – The Analysis and Appraisal of Closely Held Companies, Sixth ed. Jim has recently co-authored Kroll’s ESG and Global Investor Returns Study.

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