INTRODUCTION

To earn a CVA, one must attend a live-training course or meet the requirements of self-study courses. To maintain the credential, the holder must also remain a member of a Charter and fulfill periodic recertification requirements.

Recommended Training: Universal Fundamentals & Applications (UFA) is the cornerstone of IACVA’s training program for valuators. This two-day curriculum has been the foundation for over 20,000 valuation professionals worldwide since 1990. UFA provides an excellent framework on which to build future professional development. UFA offers insight into every facet of valuation, from the fundamentals through the advanced techniques.

BENEFITS

IACVA’s credentials are recognized worldwide.

Drawing on the respective and complementary strengths of Charter Members, IACVA offers individuals and organizations a means of enhancing opportunities in the valuation and fraud deterrence arenas. Membership is available to individuals only through a Charter affiliation.

Bimonthly Magazine

In addition to certification, all Associate Members receive a free subscription to a bimonthly magazine The Value Examiner? published by the US Charter, NACVA (National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts). This magazine offers a useful source of professional development materials. Each issue of the Examiner features four to six substantive articles worthy of adding to your library. Over a year they will generally cover all of the following categories:

• Valuation Theory and Practice
• Application to Intangible Assets and Intellectual Property
• US Litigation Matters
• Valuation Court Case Decisions
• International Valuation Issues
• Marketing & Practice Development
• Fraud Prevention and Detection
• Valuation Industry News
• New Areas of Opportunity for Practitioners such as:

• How to expand into Other Services
• Strategies for Building Company Value Each Charter can offer articles authored by Associate Members for publication in The Value Examiner?. This IACVA-only benefit offers all IACVA members a unique opportunity to share in the future development of valuation theory, as the evolution of forensic skills.

Support Services

Other IACVA benefits (some of which require an additional fee) include:

• Professional development programs through seminars (both live and online), conferences, symposiums, and self-study courses.
• Guidance on standards of professional practice.
• Valuation referral services where names, addresses and phone numbers of certified members are provided to prospective clients seeking services and facilitated through an online membership directory
• Information, consulting, library and research services through KeyValueDataTM and from our Mentor Support Group
• Pre-packaged seminars for associate members to present to lawyers, accountants, auditors , business owners and other professionals in their community
• Online services designed to assist associate members in their research and provide quick
• access to various exclusive databases and support services
• Promotional material that allows Charter Members to improve the awareness of IACVA and its credentialed Associate Members to the international legal, business and professional communities
• A Library of sanitized Valuation Reports to demonstrate “best practices”, as well as various other reference materials
• Discounts on purchases of training and products sold by NACVA in the US
• Business valuation software to assist in analytical activities and report writing. This increases the efficiency and thoroughness of an assignment and improves the quality of the final product.
• An online Technical Resource Database (TRD) listing valuation, litigation support and fraud deterrence books, publications, software and reference sources
• A Peer review Quality Enhancement program
• A Credentialed Members Directory
• A web-based lecture series (currently offered by NACVA for very reasonable prices,) on topics of timely interest to both professional disciplines; they offer easily accessible and quality Continuing Professional Education (CPE)