But goodwill impairments are on the rise, having climbed 23% in 2017.
The decision "could turn out to be almost as significant for American businesses as the recent rewrite of the U.S. federal tax code."
After a decade of improvements by compliance teams, artificial intelligence and machine learning could further streamline the function and tame costs.
The combined organization will offer services in valuation, corporate finance, compliance, investigations, security, and cyber solutions.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will boost the cost of capital even as it hikes net cash flows.
Research disproves criticisms of fairness opinions, according to Duff & Phelps.
Ongoing weakness in energy prices and some large writedowns in tech resulted in a notable year for goodwill impairments.
Doing a deal with an affiliate? Existing lenders or debtholders will require assurances that the transaction is carried out in arm’s-length fashion.
U.S. companies reported goodwill impairments of $26 billion in 2014, boosted by falling oil pirces.
By staying public, small companies could actually be destroying shareholder value, not boosting it.
When the equity market turned around and share prices started moving higher in 2009, using stock price as a key determinant in assessing goodwill impairment became less common.
