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Business Valuation Firm Highland Global Announces the Release of the 2nd Quarter 2007 Update to "Discount Statistics of Closed-End Funds"
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina & Miami, Florida (PRWEB) August 15, 2007 -- Highland Global, LLC, a premiere business valuation firm for the southeast United States, is pleased to announce the release of its 2nd Quarter 2007 Update to its quarterly research on "Discount Statistics of Closed-End Funds."
Each quarter, Barron's Online (www.barrons.com) reports statistics on publicly-traded closed-end funds. The statistics reported include the discount (or premium) of the market price from the fund's net asset value (NAV), the 52-week average discount or premium, the fund's objective, and various return measurements, etc. For the second quarter ending June 30, 2007, Barron's reported that 472 closed-end funds traded at discounted to their NAV. For the first quarter ending March 31, 2007, 408 closed-end funds traded at discounts to their NAV. For the second quarter of 2007, the average discount to NAV was 6.2% with a median of 5.9% and a standard deviation of 4.1%. For the first quarter of 2007, the average discount to NAV was 5.9% with a median of 5.6% and a standard deviation of 3.9%.
For the second quarter of 2007, 427 closed-end funds traded at a 52-week average discount to NAV as compared to 453 through the end of the first quarter. For the fifty-two weeks ending June 30, 2007, the average 52-week discount to NAV was 6.3% with a median of 5.9% and a standard deviation of 3.9%. For the fifty-two weeks ending March 31, 2007, the average 52-week discount to NAV was 6.8% with a median of 6.4% and a standard deviation of 4.1%.
The full update and results of Highland Global's analysis are available at www.HighlandGlobal.com. Business appraisers, attorneys, academics, students, or accountants may find Highland Global's research in this area useful in developing reference points for discounts applicable to minority interests in family limited partnerships or privately held entities that hold a diversified portfolio of financial assets analogous to closed-end funds.
About Highland Global Business Valuations--Highland Global is a leading strategic advisory, financial analysis, and business valuation firm for domestic and international privately held and family owned businesses. Some of Highland Global's services include assisting clients with mergers and acquisitions, sales and divestitures, recapitalizations, management buyouts, and privatizations. Highland Global also provides a full range of valuation services including formal valuations, limited scope valuations, fairness opinions, and expert witness/consulting services. Highland Global performs independent business appraisals and valuations for a wide range of purposes including family limited partnerships, succession planning, gift taxes/planning, estates taxes/planning, mergers & acquisitions, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), financing/capital raising, divorce, shareholder issues, and litigation.
About Mr. Clinger--Robert M. Clinger III, founder of Highland Global, has strong experience in the fields of business valuation and financial analysis. Mr. Clinger has written numerous articles regarding economics, business valuation, and merger & acquisition issues. Mr. Clinger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Finance, summa cum laude, from Coastal Carolina University and received the distinguished President's award. Mr. Clinger has also earned the Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA) designation from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) and the Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) designation from the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA).
In 2006, Mr. Clinger was a Republican candidate for the Horry County Council District #2 seat (South Carolina). Mr. Clinger is also the author of two books, The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Valuation and The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Valuation: Closely Held & Family Controlled Companies. His two part article, "Direct Market Data Method: Value Disparity Issues," was recently published in the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts' journal, The Value Examiner.
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Highland Global, LLC
Telephone: 843-278-5437
Additional contact Information:
Telephone: 888-537-5380
Fax: 760-457-2545
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