Date: Thursday, 29 October 2020

Time: 7:00pm to 8:00pm

CPD hour: 1 hour

Language: English

Format: Live online

Event overview

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruption to numerous countries across the globe. The crisis has affected the operation and business performance of companies from various industries in the short run, or even in the long run.

• What are the potential impacts on the company and the investments?
• How should the management or directors tackle the valuation issues along with the pandemic?

Agenda

Impairment Assessment

• What would be the appropriate measures for the assessment without over or underestimating the impact?
• How should the projection and discount rates cope with the crisis?

Valuation of Financial Assets

• How should the forward looking factors be incorporated in accordance with HKFRS 9?
• What would the impact of credit spreads on the financial assets during volatile market?

Valuation of Equity Investment

• What would be the proper way to assess the listed or unlisted investment amid huge market fluctuation?

Speaker

Mr. Vincent Pang MRICS

CFA, FCPA(HK), FCPA(Aus.), RICS Registered Valuer

Managing Director - AVISTA Group

Vincent is the founder and Managing Director of AVISTA Group, who leads the firm’s valuation, risk management, ESG and IT advisory services in Hong Kong and the PRC.

Vincent has 20 years experiences in financial valuation, M&A advisory, business consulting and corporate investment, advising clients in a range of industries, including TMT, financial services, pharmaceutical and energy etc. Hence, He has been leading the firm to make breakthroughs in these areas.

Before founding AVISTA, Vincent served as Associate Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers and was in charge of the valuation division in Beijing. He has advised numerous large M&A deals in China and overseas for multinational corporations and Chinese state-owned enterprises. He also has extensive experiences in providing valuation services for US and HK IPO listing.

Enquiries

Please contact Mr. Peter Au at +852 2116 9719 or email pau@rics.org