Autorentext

Kenneth is a Professor in the Accounting and Finance research group of Loughborough Business school and the Director of Postgraduate Taught programmes. Prior to this he was an Associate Professorial Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, for five years. He is a member of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee (CMAC), a body supported by the IFRS Foundation, which interprets proposed accounting changes from the perspective of capital market participants.
Before academia Kenneth was a Managing Director & Head of European Equity Research at Barclays Capital, where he worked for eight years before leaving in August 2017 to take up a number of academic positions. He was also a Managing Director and a ranked accounting and valuation analyst at Citi Investment Research in London.
Kenneth graduated from Trinity College Dublin/Dublin Institute of Technology with a degree in Management Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Institute of Taxation, a CFA Charterholder and a fellow of the Higher Education Authority. He holds a doctorate from Aston Business School which focused on how analysts make stock recommendation decisions and has published in leading academic journals, including Contemporary Accounting Research, The British Accounting Review and European Management Review. In addition to co-authoring The Valuation Book, he has contributed to two other texts: Financial Statement Analysis Under IFRS (2018, Financial Edge); and Company Valuation Under IFRS (2020, Harriman House).

Klappentext

The Valuation Book contains the tools needed by anyone who wants to make a robust valuation of a business.

No detailed prior knowledge of business valuation is required - the book covers everything you need to know, including how to read relevant parts of company accounts and the valuation tools (including DCF and multiples) that are used by professionals.

Written by academics who are also practitioners, The Valuation Book provides a unique mix of theory and practical application. It is designed around the authors' experience of teaching thousands of people about valuation principles over the last two decades.

Short, accessible chapters with a consistent structure and layout allow readers to build up their knowledge step by step.

And the book is fully up to date, with accessible specialist chapters on integrating ESG into valuations, valuing immature companies, identifying flaws in valuation models, valuation for mergers and acquisitions, and more.

The Valuation Book is a comprehensive introductory valuation guide for investors, managers, accountants, lawyers and anyone else who needs to value a business.

Zusammenfassung
The Valuation Book is a comprehensive, practical and accessible guide to how to value a business.