Business Valuation Training

Valuation is key to effectively building and managing a portfolio or preparing for a merger, acquisition or simply new investment. The "Business Valuation: Methods and Approaches" training is for business consultants, financial analysts, financial auditors, financial officers, professionals actively engaged in seeking firms to buy or sell, and portfolio managers seeking a deeper understanding of valuation, and the skills and knowledge to confidently make financial decisions.

The main objective of the training is to provide the fundamentals of each approach to valuation, together with limitations and caveats on the use of each, as well as extended examples of the application of each. The training will emphasize on the discounted cash flow model as a most widely used method for emerging markets.

The USAID Responsible Investment and Trade Activity delivered this Business Valuation training in collaboration with the Myanmar Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (MPE&VCA). This training is part of MPE&VCA's Advanced Technical Series in which on-the-ground experts and fellow practitioners provide knowledge useful for the private equity and venture capital sector's ongoing work.

Event Details

• Date: November 29 to December 14, 2022
• Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Myanmar Time
• Course duration: Seven synchronous sessions over three weeks
• Platform: Microsoft Teams
• Language: English

This program covered

• Basic principles of the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation (IPEV) guidelines
• What value is and how it differs from price
• Key financial concepts behind the process of valuation
• Preparing company financials and cash flow projections
• How to derive discount rates (such as cost of equity and weighted-average cost of capital (or WACC), taking into consideration, the country risk and liquidity discount)
• Discounted free cash flow valuation and dividend discount model
• Market-based approaches to valuation and special issues
• Terminal value and valuation adjustments