Middle East | Financial Advisory |
Valuations Conference with Dr.
Aswath Damodaran
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10 & 11 January 2016 | DIFC Conference Centre, Dubai, UAE
Deloitte and Amwal Advisory invite you to join us at our two-day Valuations Conference
featuring valuations guru Dr. Aswath Damodaran on 10 & 11 January 2016 at the DIFC
Conference Centre, Dubai, UAE.
The objective of the seminar is to provide the fundamentals of each of the different approaches
to valuation, together with limitations and caveats on the use of each, as well as extended
examples of how they can be applied. At the end of the seminar, participants should be able to:
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Value any kind of firm in any market, using discounted cash flow models (small and large,
private and public);
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Value a firm using multiples and comparable firms;
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Analyze and critique the use of multiples in valuation;
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Value “problem” firms, such as financially troubled firms and startup firms;
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Estimate the effect on value of restructuring a firm.
Kindly RSVP by filling out and emailing the attached registration form to Aisha Al- Shaya on
aalshaya@deloitte.com by 20 December 2015.
Please be advised confirmation of attendance is granted only after the registration form
has been received and payment of has been made.
Dr. Aswath Damodaran
Dr. Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance at the Stern School
of Business at New York University. He teaches the corporate finance and valuation courses in
the MBA program and received his MBA and Ph.D from the University of California at Los
Angeles. His research interests lie in valuation, portfolio management and applied corporate
finance. He has published papers in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the
Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies.
He has written four books on valuation (Damodaran on Valuation, Investment Valuation, The
Dark Side of Valuation, The Little Book of Valuation) and two on corporate finance (Corporate
Finance: Theory and Practice, Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual).
Damodaran was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1984 to 1986,
where he received the Earl Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award in 1985. Being at NYU since
1986 he has received the Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award and was the
youngest winner of the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award (in 1990).
Damodaran has an active presence online, with his blog Musings on Markets, on Twitter
(@AswathDamodaran) and with his website (http://www.damodaran.com).
Event Details
Valuations Conference with Dr. Aswath Damodaran
Date
10 & 11 January 2016
Time
09:00 – 17:00
Venue
DIFC Conference Centre, Dubai, UAE (map attached)
Host
Ben Moore, Managing Director, Deloitte
Nazem Basha, Chairman & CEO, Amwal Advisory
Guest Speaker
Dr. Aswath Damodaran
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