Financial Analysis
EQUITY, BUSINESS ENTITIES, ESTATES, INTANGIBLES, AND ECONOMIC VALUE

Detailed Information:

• Recent and Significant Engagements

• Financial Services

• Fully Documented Studies

• Audit or Review Support

• Multi-Disciplinary, Senior Consultants

• Independence No Conflict of Interest

• Special Topics in Financial Economic & Valuation

Financial Services

Arthur Consulting Group is fully qualified to value or analyze:

• Equity in privately held or closely held corporations
• Partnerships
• Projects
• Lines of business
• Subsidiaries and divisions
• The underlying assets of any of the above.
• Forecasts, earnings and cash flow projections.
• Intercompany transfer pricing, including use of services and intellectual property.
• Intangible assets such as tradenames, brands, customer bases, installed product bases, proprietary technology, software, proprietary know-how, distribution rights, noncompete agreements, patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property.

Fully Documented Studies

Every study we do is thoroughly documented, providing relevant company and industry background; citing the regulations, statutes and rulings which govern acceptable methods of analysis; showing the analysis and its findings; providing confirmatory analyses through the use of alternative methods, where advisable; and detailing the source data used.

This is critical because the documentation itself is designed to answer almost any question which might arise under third party review, without arousing further scrutiny, skepticism, or confusion. Clients want correct answers, but they also need to be able to support and defend those answers with little or no additional burden on them.

Audit or Review Support

Arthur Consulting Group's principals have been in the industry for over twenty years. During that time, they have stood behind every study, have answered queries about their work, and have never lost a significant issue in a challenge situation. Most studies are sufficiently documented to answer any questions which might arise. Where further support is needed, this is often provided at no additional cost to the client.

Multi-Disciplinary, Senior Consultants

Arthur Consulting Group is committed to professional excellence, consistently achieved through the application of qualified, senior consultants to every assignment. We do not leverage off of inexperienced junior staff.

Our staff includes economists, financial analysts, statisticians, industry analysts, CPAs, engineers, and others whose multidisciplinary skills are required for these complex tasks. We do not believe that accounting training alone is adequate for the sophisticated analytical methods required by many of our projects. In addition to narrow accounting backgrounds, some firms which purport to offer valuation services actually come from a "hard assets" (machinery and equipment) appraisal background, with little or no training in valuation and economic analysis outside this context.

Our consultants have worked with top corporations, law firms, and even the I.R.S. itself to provide valuation, to develop methodologies, and to support findings across a wide range of industries and applications.

Independence No Conflict of Interest

Many clients prefer an independent valuation and opinion, free of apparent conflict of interest as might arise with their audit firm. The SEC is on record as believing that accounting firms jeopardize their independence when they offer both audit and consulting services to the same client.

The new FASB 115 and other rulings raise important issues as to whether an accounting firm might force write-downs or public disclosures if holdings are valued at below their book value, or if exposures are discovered during the course of the studies.

Arthur Consulting Group is an independent company whose sole focus is valuation. We do not offer accounting and audit services which might conflict with our independence. We are never in the uncomfortable position of auditing our own work.