Financial brand valuation news

Intangible Business values TUI's brands to cut pension deficit

Intangible Business announces its role valuing the Thomson and First Choice brands for TUI Travel PLC's pension deficit reduction plan.

How IP can boost the health of your pension fund

Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business, explains how IP can be used to reduce pension deficits and as security to raise finance from company pension schemes.

Reducing pension deficits with IP

How IP such as brands, patents, copyright and contracts, as well as tangible assets such as property and shares, can be valued and used to fill pension scheme deficits, by IP valuation expert Stuart Whitwell and IP solicitor Serena Tierney.

Core Value: ISO 10668, Brand Valuation

‘ISO 10668: Brand valuation — Requirements for monetary brand valuation’ is the first standard on brand valuation published by a non technical body. Thayne Forbes, joint managing director of Intangible Business, comments.

Intangible opportunities: raising finance from pension funds

Article explaining how IFAs can help clients raise finance from their pension funds, from Stuart Whitwell of Intangible Business and Jennie Kreser of Silverman Shirliker.

Brand valuation standard sets challenge to finance

CIMA members will need to become more familiar with marketing methods and analysis as a result of the new ISO brand valuation standard. Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business, investigates

Grocery pension deficits

Massive pension liabilities are draining companies of their lifeblood. The grocery industry is no exception. Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director, comments on how brands could be used.

FTSE firm to fill funding gap with brand

A FTSE 100 company has hired a brand and copyright valuing specialist, Intangible Business, to help it price contingent assets to fill a pension funding gap.

IFRS 3: Accounting Implications

A digest of accounting implications arising from IFRS 3 Business Combinations, which is a controversial and difficult area of accounting, from Thayne Forbes, joint managing director of Intangible Business

The value of brands in M&A

Valuing brands pre-acquisition has many benefits. So why is it still an afterthought in so many deals, asks William Grobel from Intangible Business?

ICAEW forensic accreditation

Intangible Business is delighted to announce that joint managing director Thayne Forbes has been awarded Forensic Accountant and Expert Witness Accreditation by the ICAEW.

Employee stock option valuation under IFRS 2

IFRS 2, Share-based Payment requires companies to measure the fair value of the employee stock options granted to employees, as this article explains.

Review of FRC's Accounting for Acquisitions report

The FRC has just published findings from research revealing that companies do not understand IFRS 3 and its reporting requirements when accounting for acquisitions.

Reducing CGUs to manage impairment risks

Reducing the number of CGUs can help simplify the reporting process and manage impairment risks, particularly regarding intangibles and goodwill, as this article from Richard Mallett, technical director of Intangible Business, explains.

Inventory step-up and double counting

Inventory step-up and double counting intangible assets are important issues to be aware of when implementing IFRS 3, as this article explains.

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