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 El Cid on Horseback Along the Plaza del Prado in Balboa Park, the spectacular 23-foot tall equestrian statue represents El Cid who was the hero of Spain's war against the Moors. |
The Business Valuation and Financial Forensic Superconference of 2011 The 2011 Annual Consultants' Conference will serve as a forum where ideas, marketplaces, and people from around the globe intersect to explore concepts and share perspectives.
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Opening Keynote Address The New Economy and What it Means for Small Businesses in the U.S. |
 Lynn E. Turner |
Lynn E. Turner has the unique perspective of having been a partner in one of the major international accounting firms, the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and a corporate board member. A noted expert on financial reporting requirements, corporate governance standards, and economic risk, he is an eloquent speaker who gives riveting presentations on every aspect of the financial field and markets. Turner served as the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from July 1998 to August 2001. As chief accountant, Turner was the principal advisor to the SEC Chairman. The issues dealt with by Turner included the oversight and development of U.S. accounting, disclosure, and auditing standards; the development and coordination of international accounting standards; as well as matters affecting audit committees of public companies. In this capacity Turner worked regularly with Congress, various federal and state government agencies, international regulators, representatives of industry, and the accounting profession. Turner is currently a senior advisor and managing director in the forensic accounting practice at LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm. He focuses on complex investigations regarding financial reporting and misappropriation of assets as well as various aspects of corporate governance, securities litigation, accountant liability, and technical accounting matters. In January 2011, he began a two-year term on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) Standing Advisory Group. Opening Keynote Address Mr. Turner will discuss the trends in U.S. and Global economics that are influencing the U.S. capital markets, how and where investors are allocating their capital, and the returns they may make on those investments. This includes factors that will impact capital available to U.S. business, including small business, and the competition for this capital from other countries in the global economy. These trends and factors will play a role in future valuations of businesses and the returns they may generate for those who invest in them. |
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Featured Session Private Cost of Capital (PCOC) Model |
 Robert Slee |
Mr. Slee is the managing director of Robertson & Foley, a middle market investment banking firm in Charlotte, NC. His book Private Capital Markets (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) is now considered the seminal work in finance for private companies. Mr. Slee also wrote Midas Managers™ and Midas Marketing™ to show how private business owners create wealth in a global economy, and he founded MidasNation™, an online community of private business owners. He has authored more than 200 articles on private finance topics. Private Cost of Capital (PCOC) Model Mr. Slee, who authored the ground-breaking textbook Private Capital Markets, will show that capital markets for public companies are not substitutes for private capital markets, and he will provide data gathered in the Pepperdine Private Cost of Capital (PCOC) survey. He will then demonstrate how the PCOC model may be used to estimate cost of capital for private businesses. After completing this session, participants will be able to estimate cost of capital for a wide variety of private companies, based on real-world data gathered from private capital markets. |
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The National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)/Consultants' Training Institute (CTI) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org. |
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts Toll free: (800) 677-2009 www.NACVA.com |
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Institute of Business Appraisers Toll free: (800) 299-4130 www.go-iba.org |
