Skip to main content
THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT PORTFOLIO VALUATION EXPERTISE

1. Non-liquid financial instruments are becoming increasingly complex and more challenging to value.

2. Regulators, auditors, investors, and politicians are increasing pressure for investment managers to adhere to well-defined and consistently  applied valuation policies that comply with the current reporting standards and that increases transparency.

These facts make the need to engage an independent experienced valuation specialist more important than ever for Alternative Investment firms.

Engaging Marshall & Stevens to actively participate in the valuation process will answer the questions of expertise, independence, and  transparency. Our Financial Valuation professionals are called upon to provide an independent opinion of value of wide range of the debt and equity instruments to assist our clients in complying with the following guidance:

  • Debt and Equity Securities: ASC 320
  • Equity Compensation: ASC 718, IFRS 2 and IRC 409A
  • Derivatives and Hedging: ASC 815, IFRS 9
  • Financial Services—Investment Companies: ASC 946, IFRS 10, IFRS 13

Complex financial modeling techniques required to value some of these instruments may include: Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, Binomial  Lattice and Monte Carlo Simulation.

CLIENTS SERVED

We provide portfolio valuation advisory services to a variety of public and private entities that include:

  • Corporations
  • Business Development Companies (“BDCs”)
  • Endowments
  • Federal and State Investment Funds
  • Fund Administrators
  • Fund of Funds
  • Hedge Funds
  • Nonprofit Organizations
  • Pension Funds, public and private
  • Private Equity Funds
  • Registered Investment Advisors
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds
SERVICES

Our portfolio valuation advisory services are designed to provide clients with independent valuation assistance of portfolios that include  investments of every size, type, and complexity. Our professionals work closely with regulators, auditors, and some of the world’s largest private  investment funds, third-party administrators, and investors in nearly every industry.

Marshall & Stevens values a broad range of complex securities, strategies, and derivatives, including:

  • Auction Rate Securities
  • Carried Interest
  • Collateralized Debt and Loan Obligations
  • Convertible Notes
  • Derivatives
  • Equity – Preferred and Common
  • Equity and Credit Swaps
  • Floating and Fixed rate Liens
  • Illiquid Debt and Equity Securities
  • Limited Partnership Interests
  • PIPE’s
  • Structured Products
  • Tax Liens
  • Trade and Bankruptcy Claims
  •  Warrants and Options

Portfolio Valuations

Engaging Marshall & Stevens to actively participate in the valuation process will answer the questions of expertise, independence, and  transparency. Our Financial Valuation professionals are called upon to provide an independent opinion of value of wide range of the debt and equity instruments to assist our clients in complying with the following guidance.

Play Icon

How Marshall & Stevens can help with Portfolio Valuations

Our Transaction Opinion team collaborates with our internal multi-disciplinary professionals to provide the value analyses and fresh independent opinions to fiduciaries, financing sources and investors for public and private company transactions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why not have negative and positive assurance letters done for portfolio investments instead of full independent valuation analyses?
Accordion Icon

The answer is simply, “What will your audit firm accept.” We provide all three solutions.

Does Marshall & Stevens specialize in valuations for any specific industries?
Accordion Icon

Marshall & Stevens has a large team of valuation professionals, all of which have industries where they have a particular expertise, including: agriculture, automotive, chemical, construction and engineering, consumer products, energy and infrastructure, entertainment and media, food and beverage, healthcare, hospitality and gaming, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, professional services, technology.

Does Marshall & Stevens provide real estate appraisals?
Accordion Icon

Marshall & Stevens performs real estate appraisals for financing, estate and gift tax planning and reporting, buy/sell consideration, insurance, easements, property tax, and litigation.

Does Marshall & Stevens provide Quality of Earnings (“QofE”) studies?
Accordion Icon

Marshall & Stevens has a team of specialists that perform Quality of Earnings and other transaction advisory services.

Does Marshall & Stevens value international companies and assets?
Accordion Icon

Marshall & Stevens values companies and assets around the world.  Our staff travels as necessary to conduct site inspections, management interviews and perform other due diligence.

The Marshall & Stevens Difference

Marshall & Stevens provides Fairness and Solvency Opinions, valuation analyses, investigative accounting, and expert witness services to assist public and private clients with their important transactions and litigation matters.

0 +
Offices
0 +
Employees
0
Unique Professional Certifications
0
firms acquired since 2023
0
years (founded 1932)
0 +
Staff with tenure of 9+ years
Portfolio Valuation Contacts at Marshall & Stevens