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In numbers
  • Article
  • 01 May 2026
M&A figures for Q1 2026 hit serious highs, recording the most megadeals since the global financial crisis of 2008, despite war in the Middle East.
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Night of the living LLMs
  • Article
  • 24 Apr 2026
  • ICAEW
Tech business valuations are under pressure worldwide, driven by AI’s rampage through legacy software-as-a-service business offerings, says MarktoMarket’s Doug Lawson.
Exclusive A new chapter for the ICAEW Valuation Community advisory group
  • Article
  • 23 Mar 2026
  • Samuel Edwards
Welcoming Thomas Rodwell as Chair and honouring Adam Sutton’s remarkable tenure.
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Insider dealing: Enthused for Enfuse
  • Article
  • 02 Mar 2026
  • Nicholas Neveling
Amid tariff changes, reversals of changes, and stockmarket wobbles, Enfuse Group remained a standout investment target for Agathos. Nicholas Neveling reports.
Measuring tape in the shape of person
Cover story: To measure is to manage
  • Article
  • 02 Mar 2026
  • David Prosser
HR due diligence is rapidly becoming a vital element of deal due diligence, as buyers seek out more accurate valuations. As its scope broadens, David Prosser looks at how the value of – and risk associated with – a workforce is quantified.
Exclusive Your Valuation Community: what’s coming up this year?
  • Article
  • 27 Feb 2026
  • Samuel Edwards
With a strong finish to 2025, here’s what is to look forward to in the year ahead.
Financial Technology Ventures II v ETFS Capital and Tuckwell – part two
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2026
  • Andrew Strickland
Part two of the Financial Technology Ventures II v ETFS Capital review dives into the valuation of a 9.9% Nasdaq holding, the limits of option model DLOMs and why the court ultimately split the difference between blockage discounts and influence premiums – adding another key precedent to the growing body of equitable value case law.
Financial Technology Ventures II v ETFS Capital and Tuckwell – part one
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2026
  • Andrew Strickland
The Financial Technology Ventures II v ETFS Capital decision offers a sharp reminder of how DLOC, DLOM and equitable value can radically reshape minority valuations – reviving debates on control premiums and exposing just how far methodologies can pull valuations apart.
IVSC: International Valuation Standards
  • Regulations
  • 25 Feb 2026
  • PDF (2,180kb)
  • IVSC
Effective 31 January 2028.
Exclusive The Economics of the Stock Market, Andrew Smithers, Oxford University Press, 2022
  • Article
  • 25 Feb 2026
  • Paul Sinclair
A book review from Paul Sinclair, highlighting Andrew Smithers’s challenge to orthodox cost of capital thinking. Questioning the usefulness of the equity risk premium and arguing that real equity returns mean revert around a long term constant, Smithers offers a provocative rethink of how markets function, one that valuers may find both unsettling and refreshing.
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