On 4 December 2026, the Business Valuation Institute UK holds its 4th Annual Conference in Business Valuation at the Leonardo Royal London City Hotel. smartZebra is a supporting sponsor.
The BVIUK conference is the UK's only event dedicated exclusively to business valuation. Attendance is deliberately limited, which keeps the level of exchange high and the conversations specific.
The 2026 theme is *Valuation in Practice: Education, Networking, and Market Execution* — the three things that determine how valuation actually gets delivered in transactions, reporting and disputes, rather than how it looks in a textbook.
Why we are sponsoring
Market execution is where valuation data earns its keep. In a live transaction or a contested matter, nobody has three weeks to assemble a peer group and reconcile four different sources for the market risk premium. The number has to be right, it has to be current, and it has to survive the other side's expert reading it line by line.
smartZebra was built for exactly that pressure. Every WACC component comes from one database, at your valuation date, with the source data and calculation path exportable alongside the result.
Supporting a conference dedicated to raising professional standards in UK business valuation is a natural fit for what we do.
What we are bringing to the conversation
Come and find us on the day if you want to discuss:
- Cost of capital under time pressure – a documented WACC in minutes rather than days
- Peer group construction – AI-assisted screening across 50,000+ listed and 500,000+ private companies
- Beta factors – configurable regression settings, valuation-date precision and statistical quality metrics
- Market risk premia – implied and historical, with the derivation you can put in front of a reviewer
- Credit spreads and cost of debt – by rating and term, including synthetic ratings for unrated companies
- Multiples – trailing and forward-looking peer multiples plus sector benchmarks
- Expert witness and dispute work – reproducing an analysis on the same inputs months or years later
- Country risk premia – for cross-border mandates
Why the BVIUK conference matters
BVIUK's stated direction is to raise professional standards and build a community grounded in expertise, integrity and active participation. Its accreditation programme, ethics and professional standards work, and the Expert Awards all pull in the same direction.
For a UK profession that has historically had fewer dedicated gathering points than its German or American counterparts, having one focused day where valuation is the only subject on the agenda is genuinely valuable. We are glad to help make it happen.
Everything you need to know
Let's connect in London
Tickets are released in phases and capacity is limited, so early registration secures both the place and the better rate. If you are coming, get in touch beforehand and we will make sure to find time on the day.
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