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Brustkern moderates Fair Value Summit Panel

18 Feb 2010 | Announcements, Valuation 101: Purchase Price Allocation

Bo Brustkern, founder and managing director at boutique valuation firm Arcstone Partners, recently attended BVR's 3rd Annual Summit on Fair Value for Financial Reporting in NYC. While there, Brustkern moderated a panel with Tony Aaron of Ernst & Young and P.J. Patel from the Valuation Research Group. The gist of...
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Brustkern to speak at Fair Value Summit

18 Jan 2010 | Announcements

Arcstone founder and Managing Director, Bo Brustkern, will be a panelist at the upcoming BVR Fair Value Summit in NYC. Joining Anthony Aaron of Ernst & Young, Brustkern will be addressing: Advanced Topics in Purchase Price Allocation/FAS 141R. He will also be joining several other distinguished practitioners - notably Neil...
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Latest SEC doc helps clear the murky waters of public disclosures

18 Jan 2009 | Announcements

Financial executives received a new year's bonus from the SEC with the release of a document designed to help them navigate the murky waters of public disclosures. Last updated way back in 2000, this latest document has more than doubled in size in its latest iteration. For financial services professionals...
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Arcstone Rising

13 Jan 2009 | Announcements

If you are a true finance nerd, you are indeed in luck: valuation is enjoying a rising tide and, as our colleagues across the industry agree, finding good people that do good work is no easy task. That's good for you; if you are good, that is. Look, we get...
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Brustkern to Keynote FEI Event

9 Jan 2009 | Announcements

On Thursday, January 15, Arcstone Managing Director, Bo Brustkern will present the keynote address at the January meeting of FEI. Mr. Brustkern will be speaking on a subject near and dear to his heart as co-founder of Arcstone - a Colorado-based valuation shop: The Fourth Service Provider. The meeting commences...
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