The expertise and experience gained through a wide variety of valuation projects and independent research makes MPI a leading valuation firm for alternative investment managers. For over a decade, MPI has provided valuation services to hundreds of hedge fund and private equity fund managers. We have performed valuations for everything from the start-up five-person, $100 million hedge fund manager to the institutionalized, multi-billion dollar private equity and hedge fund management firm. Our experience includes funds operating both domestically and abroad.
Our hedge fund clients employ all of the major investment strategies, including long/short, global/macro, distressed debt, merger arbitrage and event driven strategies. With respect to private equity funds, we have valued the management entities of all types of funds, from large, institutional buyout funds to small venture capital funds. We also have experience valuing real estate fund managers and fund-of-funds managers.
Based on the number of variety of valuations of alternative investment fund managers that we have completed, you can be confident that our highly qualified and experienced valuation staff has the expertise to provide the valuation support you need. Our valuations have been completed for a variety of purposes, including: admittance of new partners; sales of minority stakes; estate and gift tax planning involving transfers of vertical slices, carried interest, derivatives written on carried interest, and other equity interests; entity recapitalizations, reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures; income taxes; and divorce. In addition, we offer financial reporting services to alternative investment managers, including fair value appraisals for purchase price allocations; goodwill or intangible asset impairment; portfolio company valuations; and share-based compensation expense.
