Pluris specializes in real estate appraisals, business valuations, intangibles and intellectual properties, and valuations of illiquid, complex, and distressed securities. Securities and other assets covered include Auction Rate Securities, ABS, MBS and other structured products; a wide range of derivative instruments; limited or general partner interests in investment funds; PIPEs and other restricted securities; distressed debt and bankruptcy claims; intellectual properties and intangible assets; plus operating businesses, asset holding entities, and real estate.
Pluris is known for its empirical research and proprietary databases on valuation discounts. Our research and analyses have been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, Forbes, American Banker, CFO Magazine, CPA Journal, Compliance Week, Absolute Return, Opalesque, Hedge Fund Law Report, Journal of Alternative Investments, and Hedge Fund Manager Week, among others.
Pluris clients include: large institutions and investment funds including most large investment banks internationally, as well as smaller broker-dealers; private companies and over 100 public companies and their shareholders and executives; as well as high-net-worth individuals and families that require estate tax, gift tax, or income tax valuations, including some of the largest estates and some of the wealthiest families world-wide. Additionally, Pluris provides valuation testimony and has provided valuation services in a number of cases.