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2010
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2010-02
"Legislation Update: Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2010-01
"Opportunities Amid Uncertainty?"
2009
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-09
"The Six Defining Elements of a Process Buy-Sell Agreement"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-08
"What is the Fair Market Value of Your Promissory Note?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-07
"Interest Rate Swaps and Fair Value"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-06
"Business Value During & After the Recession"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-05
"For Banks in 2008, a Recession Gloomed"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-04
"Selecting a Business Appraiser"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-03
"How ESOPs Work"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2009-02
"S Corporation Banks Beware"
2008
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-12
"Consider the Alternate Valuation Date"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-11
"Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts: A Perfect Storm"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-09
"Fairness Opinions: Q&A from an ESOP Perspective"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-08
"Sub-Chapter S Coversions for Banks"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-07
"Valuation Best Practices: Hedge Fund Investment Portfolios"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-06
"Court Demands NAV Reduced by 100% of BIG Tax Liability"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-05
"Treatment of Life Insurance Proceeds in Buy-Sell Agreement Valuation"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-04
"Customary and Not-So-Customary Services in the Litigation Arena"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-03
"FINRA Rule 2290 Aims to Increase Transparency of Fairness Opinions"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-02
"An Overview of SFAS 141R"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2008-01
"2007: A Year to Forget for Banks"
2007
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-12
"Good Things Come to Those Who Don't Wait"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-11
"Reasonable Valuation of Illiquid Mortgage-Backed Securities"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-10
"A Guide to Reviewing Purchase Price Allocations"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-09
"Valuing Trust Companies Requires Special Attention"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-08
"Empirical Evidence Confirming the Importance of a Transaction Advisor"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-07
"Recent Cases Highlight Problem Areas in Buy-Sell Agreements"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-06
"Palm, Inc. - Leveraged Recapitalizations and Business Value"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-05
"Often Overlooked Yet Important Items in Process Buy-Sell Agreements"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-04
"A Review of Buy-Sell Agreements: Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-03
"The Clock is Ticking for Section 409a Compliance"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-02
"ESOARS to Offer Market Pricing of Employee Stock Options?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2007-01
"Buy-Sell Agreements: Two and a Tie-Breaker"
2006
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-12
"Multiple Appraiser Process Buy-Sell Agreements"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-11
"Life Insurance Proceeds in Valuation for Buy-Sell Agreements"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-10
"A New Approach to Fair Value: Welcome to FAS 157"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-09
"Not All Classes of Equity Were Created Equal"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-08
"IRS Code Section 409A and Valuation"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-07
"The Estate of Charlotte Dean Temple"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-06
"8 Things You Need to Know About Section 409A"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-05
"USPAP Sanctions Use of QMDM?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-04
"Mercer Capital is Now an ESOP Company"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-03
"Rate & Flow: An Overview of an Alternative Approach to Determining Active/Passive Appreciation in Marital Dissolutions"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-02
"Watch Out For IRC Section 409A"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2006-01
"Private Initial Offerings"
2005
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-12
"Second Fairness Opinions"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-11
"An Overview of Personal Goodwill"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-10
"Valuing Employee Stock Options:
A Guide for Choosing Either Lattice or Black Scholes"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-09
"Sprint Nextel and Nextel Partners:
What is Fair Market Value?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-08
"Your Corporate Buy-Sell Agreement:
Ticking Time Bomb or Reasonable Resolution?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-07
"Embedded Capital Gains, One More Time:
Estate of Jelke v. Commissioner"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-06
"Corporate Value Engineering: Is Your Business Ready for Sale?™"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-05
"What We DO Is More Important Than What We SAY"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-04
"Announcing a New Blog - 'Mercer on Value'"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-03
"What's Fairs is Fair?"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-02
"When is Fair Market Value Determined?
Estate of Helen M. Noble v. Commissioner"
Mercer Capital's Value Matters™ 2005-01
"Proposed USPAP Revisions Highlight the Factors of
the Quantitative Marketability Discount Model"
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