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Apr 9, 2024

A Case for Debt Financing of Intangible Assets: Insights from Academic Research and Market ...

There exists a prevailing concern regarding the debt financing of intangible assets, with growing investments in this domain believed to erode firms’ debt capacity However, recent academic research sheds...

Feb 26, 2024

MARKABLES profit split method used in IP valuation of Amyris Inc. et al.

Amyris, Inc is a synthetic biotechnology and renewable chemical company headquartered in Emeryville, California Amyris serves the specialty and performance chemicals, flavors and...

Feb 22, 2024

INTA reflections on Intellectual Property Reporting for Brands

A high-calibre taskforce of INTA (International Trademark Association) has recently released a report on Intellectual Property Reporting for Brands This report is a valuable resource for brand managers,...

Jan 17, 2024

BZSt subscribed to MARKABLES for transfer pricing issues

The Federal German Central Tax Office (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, BZSt) is a higher federal authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) with its main headquarters in Bonn and...

Jan 15, 2024

Useful Life Issues in Transfer Pricing

For multinational enterprises having to conduct business restructurings in Germany, the existing regulations and guidance are causing problems, including high exit charges and the risk of double taxation One...

Jan 15, 2024

BDO US endorses MARKABLES

BDO USA recently mentioned MARKABLES as online database for royalty rates in a paper called “Financial Diligence & Purchase Price Allocations – Critical M&A Bookends” The full paper...

Dec 27, 2023

MARKABLES' synergy value study mentioned in BVWire

BVWire of Business Valuation Resources recently mentioned the MARKABLES study on synergy value In particular, BVWire pointed out our findings that on average between 56% and 58% of synergies from an M&A...

Oct 12, 2023

Sector Focus: Software Assets

It’s no secret that investments in acquiring software companies have gained significant importance in recent years However, there have also been considerable declines in this area since the peak of the...

Oct 9, 2023

Sector snapshot: software royalty rates for telehealth solutions

One software-savvy sector with strong growth rates is telehealth Telehealth relates to the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies...

Oct 7, 2023

Excellent intangible asset disclosures

Here below are twc examples of excellent intangible asset disclosures Investors need more of these 2021 acquisition by Akumin Inc (AKU) of Alliance Healthcare Services, a radiology services provider...

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