Budding BVers compete
in BVR/SPU Valuation Challenge
Promising young business valuators
competed in the third annual BVR/SPU Valuation Challenge at Seattle Pacific
University (SPU). This year, for the first time, university teams and faculty
from across the U.S. competed in the challenge. Also, unlike other finance
competitions, students valued a real U.S. private company using special
appraisal information in a contest judged by 20 of the nation's senior
valuation experts. The experts selected six teams from among 18 U.S. university
first-round entrants to come to Seattle for the final round.
And the winner is: The competition was won by the University of Denver.
Portland State University took second-place honors, and SPU was third. Middle
Tennessee State University, University of Maryland (University College), and
William Paterson University were the other participants.
BVR provided research support to
the competing student teams. Moss Adams provided a full valuation report with
only names and some locations changed. Three local experts—Willis Eayrs, deputy
chairman of the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and
Analysts (IACVA); Joseph Maas, principal of Synergetic Finance;
and Miranda Rickert, senior analyst at Moss Adams—judged the
competition's final round. William Hanlin, CEO of IACVA, participated
as a consultant.
BVR congratulates all of the
students who competed in this year’s Valuation Challenge and gives its thanks
to Dr. Herbert Kierulff, SPU professor, who runs the event. For
more information on the BVR/SPU Valuation Challenge, click here.
Budding BVers compete in BVR/SPU Valuation Challenge
Promising young business valuators
competed in the third annual BVR/SPU Valuation Challenge at Seattle Pacific
University (SPU). This year, for the first time, university teams and faculty
from across the U.S. competed in the challenge. Also, unlike other finance
competitions, students valued a real U.S. private company using special
appraisal information in a contest judged by 20 of the nation's senior
valuation experts. The experts selected six teams from among 18 U.S. university
first-round entrants to come to Seattle for the final round.
And the winner is: The competition was won by the University of Denver.
Portland State University took second-place honors, and SPU was third. Middle
Tennessee State University, University of Maryland (University College), and
William Paterson University were the other participants.
BVR provided research support to
the competing student teams. Moss Adams provided a full valuation report with
only names and some locations changed. Three local experts—Willis Eayrs, deputy
chairman of the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and
Analysts (IACVA); Joseph Maas, principal of Synergetic Finance;
and Miranda Rickert, senior analyst at Moss Adams—judged the
competition's final round. William Hanlin, CEO of IACVA, participated
as a consultant.
BVR congratulates all of the
students who competed in this year’s Valuation Challenge and gives its thanks
to Dr. Herbert Kierulff, SPU professor, who runs the event. For
more information on the BVR/SPU Valuation Challenge, click here.