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ACCA Research Institute
ACCA P4
Advanced Financial Management (AFM)
高级财务管理
ACCA Lecturer: Lily Wang
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, P4 Chapter 23 Content
1 Introduction to business valuation
2 Cash based methods
3 Market based methods
4 Asset based methods
5 Intangible asset valuation methods
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, P4 Chapter 23 Content
6 High growth start-ups
7 Problems of overvaluation
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, 1.Introduction to business valuation
Risk in acquisitions and mergers
An acquisition may expose an company to risk. It is important to
distinguish between:
• business risk
This is the variability in the earnings of the company, which
results from the uncertainties in the business environmen. If the
merger or acquisition is with another company operating tin the
same businss area, the underlying business risk (measured by
the asset beta)of the acquirer will be unaffected.
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