| Clarification description | Paragraph 13.73 of SNA 93 just says that ''the value of shares that are not quoted on stock exchanges or otherwise regularly traded should be estimated using the prices of quoted shares that are comparable in earnings and dividend history and prospects, adjusting downward, if necessary, to allow for the inferior marketability or liquidity of unquoted shares'', but without making reference to specific issues or methods. The issue is, however, very relevant, as unquoted shares in many countries are far more important than quoted shares. Nonetheless, little progress was formerly made in producing harmonized data on unquoted shares. There are two issues for clarifications to help harmonizing the valuation of equity:
(a) The breakdown of AF5 into quoted shares, unquoted shares and other equity as done in the ESA95;
(b) Recommendation of methods of valuation of different types of equity. This is not a substantive change issue but one that will discuss equity from both the asset and liability side, consider both intercompany and portfolio investment in relation to listed and unlisted equity. Expansion and clarification of equity in the SNA will pave the way for better harmonization with other standards, in particular BPM#5 (which does deal very closely with portfolio and direct investment). |
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