Corporate Valuation, Investment Management

October 19, 2017

What's My RIA Worth?

It is important to know the current value of your investment management firm and understand valuation concepts in order to:

  1. Know how to build the value of your investment management firm;

  2. Know how to evaluate opportunities to sell your firm; and,

  3. Have a basis for discussing internal ownership transition issues.

In this 60-minute webinar, Matt Crow and Brooks Hamner, who work with RIAs throughout the country on valuation-related issues, will address the following:

  • How to normalize cash flow to determine the profitability of a RIA

  • How to compare different investment management firms to determine what risk-adjusted valuation multiples to apply

  • How to evaluate the growth potential of one firm relative to the industry or relative to other firms

  • What public company multiples say about how a private RIA is valued

  • Are industry transaction multiples a useful benchmark in valuing an investment management firm?

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