Business Brokerage Press Important Information on the Securities-Related Activities of an M&A/Business Broker Intermediary | | AM&AA Licensure Task Force
Position Statement & Summary of Key Activities
After careful study of the confusing and complex layers of state and federal laws and regulations that regulate the securities-related activities of an M&A Advisor/Intermediary, the AM&AA has concluded that there is an urgent need to clarify and, if possible, simplify this situation for the greater [...] | | 7/30/2008 7:36:15 PM |
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Business Brokerage Press Preparing Business for Sale (as much as a year in advance) | | 1. Have financial statements audited.
2. Try to reach the magic number of $1mm in EBITDA and thereafter earn as much money as possible. For companies over $10 million in sales, try to exceed $1mm in EBITDA.
3. Justify the add-backs and/or adjusted earnings.
4. Clean-up [...] | | 7/30/2008 7:24:43 PM |
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Business Brokerage Press More Evidence of Hot Growth in the Business Valuation Profession | | Over 450 BV firms have submitted financial and operational data for the 2008-2009 edition of the Business Valuation Firm Economics & Best Practices Survey (due out in early September). Of these, an amazing 12% performed their first appraisal in the last twelve months. (This is an even a higher growth rate than in the last [...] | | 7/30/2008 7:20:22 PM |
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