BENEFITS

IACVA's credentials are recognized worldwide.

Drawing on the respective and complementary strengths of Charter Members, IACVS 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 IACVS-only benefit offers all IACVS members a unique opportunity to share in the future development of valuation theory, as the evolution of forensic skills.

Support Services

Other IACVS 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 IACVS 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)