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Approach Your Buyers/ Investors With Us
Are you going for a fundraise or do you want to sell/merge to/with another company? Why do you want to raise funds? Is your company in a distressed situation o…
CCM And CTM
Comparable companies multiples method (‘CCM’) and comparable transactions multiples method (‘CTM’) are used extensively while valuing companies using the marke…
Key Things To Focus On During A Financial Due Diligence Review
Approach to due diligence review: Approach to a due diligence (‘DD’) and key matters to focus on during a due diligence review depends on how the transaction i…
Increasing Valuations Transparency – A Positive Sign for Confidence Building
Before we go into the importance of valuation, we need to know what is valuation and why a company requires to be valued. Valuation is the process of determini…
International Valuation Standard
The International Valuation Standards Council (‘IVSC’) is a not-for-profit organisation that acts as the global standard setter for the valuation profession, s…
DCF: An Overview
Discounted cashflow (‘DCF’) is a method under income approach to estimate today’s worth of an asset, shares, business, or a project using projected cashflows.…
Valuing Intangibles
As per Indian Accounting Standard (IAS) 38, assets are identifiable, measurable, controllable and generate future economic benefits for an enterprise. Assets a…
Valuing ESOPs
The Share Based Payments also called Employee Stock Option Plan (‘ESOPs’) are the options offered to the employees by the company. One may ask what is it exact…
Valuing Start-Ups
Start-ups are a topic of interest and fascination to each and every person in the finance field, whether it is related to its business model or to its valuatio…
Normalised Working Capital
Normalised Working Capital: The Number That Can Change What You Receive for Your Business You have found a buyer for your company. The buyer has made an attrac…
Making Profits but Constantly Short of Cash?
Your Business Is Growing. Why Does It Still Feel Like You're Flying Blind? The Hidden Cost of Not Having a Strong Finance Function Imagine this scenario. Your…
Beyond Bookkeeping: How Financial Process Outsourcing Gives Owner - Managed Businesses Room to Grow
Beyond Bookkeeping: How Financial Process Outsourcing Gives Owner-Managed Businesses Room to Grow For many owner-managed businesses, growth creates an uncomfor…