Financial press coverage

Thu 26/01/2012

The tangible benefits of intangibles

Stuart Whitwell reflects on the struggles of Thomas Cook and how rival tour operator TUI have benefited from implementing an asset backed pension funding scheme.

Tue 27/12/2011

Valuing and separating intangibles during a crisis

For brands facing insolvency it is vital that lucrative intangibles are separated from their poorer performing counterparts.

Thu 26/05/2011

TUI's path to pensions recovery

TUI Travel discusses its new pension arrangements which saves it money and reduces its deficit, with help from Intangible Business.

Mon 23/05/2011

Tui slashes sponsor’s cash obligations

Tui UK pension scheme has agreed a deal to reduce its sponsor’s annual cash contribution by £38m in what has been called a “watershed moment” by Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business.

Mon 14/02/2011

Imaginative assets fill black hole in schemes

Companies are using innovative ways to underpin their retirement schemes, with asset including brands and copyright increasingly common, as Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business comments.

Tue 01/02/2011

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.

Mon 06/12/2010

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.

Thu 18/11/2010

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.

Thu 04/11/2010

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.

Thu 07/10/2010

New international brand valuation standard

ISO launches its new brand valuation standard, ISO 10668. Stuart Whitwell, joint managing director of Intangible Business, comments.

Thu 29/07/2010

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.

Tue 27/07/2010

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

Fri 09/07/2010

Unusual spirit to solve pension ills

In what is surely one of the more unusual approaches to a pensions shortfall, Diageo, the drinks group, has offered up a veritable lake of its whisky as collateral for the growing shortfall in its benefits scheme, Stuart Whitwell comments.

Wed 07/07/2010

Intangible Changes

Thayne Forbes, joint managing director of Intangible Business, comments in AccountancyAge on the need for change in IFRS 3 accounting.

Tue 18/05/2010

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?

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