Restructuring of IVSC is proposed

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05 Feb 2007

The International Valuation Standards Committee (IVSC) has embarked on a proposed major restructuring process not unlike that undertaken by the International Accounting Standards Committee in the late 1990s that led to the creation of the International Accounting Standards Board.

The restructuring proposals have been developed by a Governance Group established by the IVSC Management Board. The key recommendations of the Group are:

  • That a new International Valuation Standards Board (IVSB) be created as an independent and autonomous decision making body with up to nine compensated (full-time or part-time) members. Concurrently, an International Valuation Standards Interpretations Committee would be created as an arm of the IVSB;
  • That the IVSC be renamed the International Valuation Standards Council. It would remain a membership based organisation but the criteria for membership would be broadened beyond national professional valuation institutes to include valuation companies, national standard setters, users of valuations, academics and others. IVSC members would provide input to the IVSB.
  • That an elected Board of Trustees would have responsibility for oversight of the work of the IVSC and IVSB. Responsibility would include appointment members of the IVSB and Interpretations Committee, ensuring adequate funding and resources, and protecting the Board's independence and integrity.
  • That a new International Valuation Professional Board (IVPB) be created to develop criteria for the education of and professional practices of valuation practitioners.
The IVSC is inviting comments on the proposals by 9 March 2007. A special meeting of the IVSC will be held in San Francisco on 12 April 2007 when member bodies of the IVSC will be asked to approve the restructuring proposals. If accepted, the proposed structure would come into effect on 1 January 2008. Click to download the Proposal for the Restructuring of the IVSC (PDF 579k).

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