Highlights

The World’s economic activities have become severely affected since early 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Asset price volatilities have increased as there is a surging divergence of return expectation among investors and assets’ liquidity has also been impacted. These have resulted in elevated valuation uncertainties and risks which should be carefully addressed. In the seminar, the speaker will discuss some special valuation considerations during the pandemic. The followings are to be covered:

• Desktop valuation

• Use of hindsight

• Basis of value

• COVID-19 risk premium

• Valuation uncertainties vs valuation risks

Speaker(s)

Andrew Du is a Manager in the Valuation Team of Moore Transaction Services Limited. He acquired the MSc in Finance from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is a charter holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Andrew has participated in providing valuation and corporate finance services in Hong Kong and the Mainland China. Prior to joining Moore, Andrew had worked in a professional appraisals firm to provide valuation services for clients with various needs for financial reporting, internal reference, merger & acquisition, public documentation, etc. Andrew is experienced in performing valuations for diverse types of assets such as businesses valuation, financial instruments valuation, biological assets valuation and plant & machineries valuation.