Join David Atkinson (Director,  Mergers & Acquisitions at Raymond James Ltd.) as he reviews M&A trends, equity market trends, credit market trends, and interest rate trends prevailing during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to offer an assessment as to whether COVID has fundamentally changed the market’s long-term perspective on risk and the cost of capital. David will offer an assessment of long-term return on equity expectations, and a review of formal valuations completed during COVID relative to pre-COVID precedents. In addition, he will also review the risk free rates, market risk premiums, costs of equity, and specific risk adjustments (accounting for specific company, industry, and country risks) employed by business valuators during the COVID pandemic, along with an overview of prevailing leverage levels and the impact of cost of debt on overall cost of capital.

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