Insights

Jan 20, 2022

New Laureates of the MARKABLES Intangibles Disclosure Award

Large parts of the financial community agree that the disclosures about intangible assets on balance sheets and in the sidenotes are insufficient and largely unsatisfactory This applies to both internally...

Jan 17, 2022

Global Intangible Assets Valuation Service Market Research Report 2022

QY Research has just released the Global Intangible Assets Valuation Service Market Research Report 2022 According to Ocean Tomo, the share of intangible asset market value increased from 68% to 90% between...

Dec 14, 2021

Sector snapshot: Trademark Royalty Rates for Bikes

Bike stocks are very popular these days, after a long period of hibernation Certainly a result of the recent market dynamics with e-bikes The market enjoyed some bike-related IPOs during 2021 (ie Donkey...

Nov 29, 2021

Disclosures of acquired intangible assets are value relevant

With an ever-increasing share of intangible assets in enterprise value, their accounting is one of the most debated topics among accounting practitioners, investors, and academics As of now, acquired...

Nov 16, 2021

Recent use case for MARKABLES data in France

Here is another use case for MARKABLES data For the business valuation and purchase price allocation of a French software firm, Altermès SAS used comparable data from Capital IQ and MARKABLES MARKABLES data...

Nov 8, 2021

The most valuable brand acquisitions since 2000

Did you know that the most expensive brand portfolio ever acquired was valued at US$ 936 billion Christof Binder, managing partner of Trademark Comparables AG, runs through the 50 most expensive brands and...

Oct 26, 2021

Sector snapshot: Trademark royalty rates for cybersecurity software

Cybersecurity is a very dynamic sector, from both ends Cyber crooks are creative in finding new security gaps, and software vendors and IT managers are relentless in closing such gaps As a result, M&A...

Oct 22, 2021

„Valuation specialists in fair value audits – new research study“

Audits of fair value measurements (FVM) are challenging because the valuations are typically developed by management (or third-party valuation professionals retained by management) using significant...

Oct 19, 2021

KMPG Handbook “Business Combinations” released

KPMG has recently released the Handbook “Business Combinations” The purpose of KPMG series of Handbooks is to assist you in understanding the application of US GAAP in practice, and to explain the...

Oct 11, 2021

Reasonable trademark royalty rates for insecticides and repellents

Reasonable trademark royalty rates for household insecticides and repellents were reported to be 3% for STRAIK and DTX brands, 34% for ALTOFF brand, and 9% for TERMIFIN brand The royalty rates were determined...