Professional standards
Promoting consistent, evidence-led practice in Australian business valuation.
Advancing business valuation in Australia
Higher standards.
Greater confidence.
An independent professional membership body dedicated to rigorous standards, practitioner development and confidence in Australian business valuation.
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Education & CPD
Building capability through practical education and continuing professional development.
Professional community
Connecting practitioners committed to rigorous, independent valuation work.
Ethics & independence
Clear expectations for integrity, conflicts, evidence and professional conduct.
Public confidence
Making membership standards and practitioner status easier to understand and verify.
01 — The Council
A stronger profession
Built for the people who put a value on Australian businesses.
BVCA exists to create a clearer professional benchmark for business valuation: what good work looks like, how practitioners maintain competence and how clients can verify professional membership.
The Council is designed around transparent admission requirements, continuing professional development, ethical conduct, peer accountability and practical valuation standards.
Read our professional framework02 — Professional standards
Evidence before assertion
Valuation work should be understandable, supportable and defensible.
The BVCA Professional Practice Framework is built around six core expectations that apply across private company and business-interest valuation work.
01
Define the purpose, subject interest and valuation date clearly.
02
Use evidence appropriate to the business, market and engagement.
03
Explain methodology, assumptions and judgement transparently.
04
Address independence, conflicts and material limitations.
05
Maintain sufficient working papers to support the conclusion.
06
Report in language an informed reader can understand and test.
03 — Membership
A credential with a standard behind it
Membership grades for every stage of professional practice.
Professional post-nominals are attached to published admission criteria, annual renewal and ongoing professional obligations.
Affiliate
Affiliate$195 / year
Students, analysts and emerging professionals.
- Professional interest in valuation
- Code of conduct
- Annual renewal
Associate
ABVCA$295 / year
Professionals building relevant valuation experience.
- Relevant education or experience
- Ethics declaration
- Annual CPD
Practising member
Member
MBVCA$695 / year
Practising business valuation professionals.
- Relevant professional experience
- Evidence of valuation work
- Peer admission review
Fellow
FBVCA$995 / year
Senior practitioners and leaders in the profession.
- Substantial relevant experience
- Professional contribution
- Council approval
Corporate membershipFor valuation practices, advisory firms and professional organisations.
$1,495 / year
04 — Admission pathway
Earned through published criteria. Maintained through professional conduct.
Apply
Submit professional history, experience and supporting material.
Assessment
Admissions reviewers test eligibility against the published criteria.
Admit
Approved applicants enter the public register at their relevant membership grade.
Maintain
Members renew annually, complete CPD and remain subject to professional standards.
Founders are not automatically entitled to practitioner designations. Any founder seeking a professional designation must satisfy the same published criteria and be assessed independently.
05 — Public register
Verify before you engage
Check a member's current standing.
The BVCA register is intended to make membership status, grade and current standing easy to verify.
Register statusFounding register in establishment
06 — Governance
Independence needs structure.
Independent assessment
Professional membership applications are assessed against published criteria rather than granted by title or ownership.
Code of ethics
Members are expected to manage conflicts, act independently and support their conclusions with appropriate evidence.
Continuing development
Practising membership is maintained through annual renewal and continuing professional development obligations.
Complaints framework
A documented process will govern complaints, review, suspension and removal from the public register.
Founding membership