Course description
Every single decision made in a business has financial implications, and any decision that involves the use of money is a corporate financial decision. Corporate finance is how to best raise money and use it. Corporate finance involves managing the required finances and its sources.
Efficient management of financial resources is essential to enhance shareholders wealth and put the company on a sound financial footing. Using real-life local examples and case studies, the Corporate Finance Masterclass will help participants gain insights on fund raising, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital
Masterclass in Corporate Finance training course helps its participants traverse through many issues of corporate finance by making them aware of different finance functions, capital budgeting techniques used to evaluate different investment avenues, practical problems they may face while raising funds, deciding ideal mix in debt-equity ratio and highlight many more concerns related to the subject.
Upcoming start dates
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Masterclass in Corporate Finance training course , is ideal for :
- Investment bankers
- M&A analysts
- Corporate and banking lawyers
- Transactional accountants and managers
- Equity analysts
- Investment managers
- Treasurers and CFOs
- Credit analysts
- Private equity executives
- Analysts in corporate strategy divisions
- CEOs and board members looking to upskill to support strategic financial decisions
Outcome / Qualification etc.
At the End ofMasterclass in Corporate Finance training course , you will be able to :
- Understand the need for corporate finance in the present era
- Calculate trade-off between risk and return profitability and liquidity
- Recognise various alternatives present to raise finance and choose what’s best for their organization
- Identify various investment avenues available for the commitment of funds and how to evaluate them using different techniques
- Perceive various financial objectives and differentiate between profit maximization and wealth maximization
- Understand capital structure theory and its practical applicability
- Comprehend dividend relevance and issues in dividend policy
- Know the principles of working capital management
Training Course Content
Day 1
Intrduction tocorporate finance
- Understanding corporate finance and finance functions
- Profit maximisation vs. wealth maximisation
- Concept of time value and return
- Capital market theory
- Portfolio theory: Capital asset pricing model
- Agency problem
Capital Budgeting
- Need for investment decisions
- Investment evaluation criteria
- Non-discounted cash flow methods and techniques: Accounting rate of return, Payback period,
- Discounted cash flow methods and techniques: Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability index
- Estimating cost of capital: cost of debt, cost of preference capital, cost of equity capital
Day 2
Capital structure and financing decision
- Relevance of capital structure: Net income approach
- Net operating income approach
- MM hypothesis
- Pecking Order theory
- EBIT-EPS analysis
- Financial and operating leverage
Long- term financing
- Capital market
- Shares: equity shares, rights issues, preference shares
- Debentures
- Asset-based financing
- Venture capital
Day 3
Dividend decision and policy
- Dividend relevance: Walter’s model and Gordon’s model
- Issues in dividend policy
- Lintner’s model of corporate dividend
- Forms of dividend
- Deciding retention ratio and pay-out ratio
Working capital management
- Operating cycle and cash conversion cycle
- Fixed and fluctuating working capital
- Determinants of working capital
- Liquidity vs. profitability
- Estimating working capital needs
- Matching approach, conservative approach and aggressive approach
Day 4
Corporate restructuring
- Introduction to corporate restructuring
- Mergers and acquisitions
- P/E and EPS analysis in mergers and acquisitions
- DCF approach
- Leveraged Buy-outs
Day 5
Corporate restructuring
- Introduction to corporate restructuring
- Mergers and acquisitions
- P/E and EPS analysis in mergers and acquisitions
- DCF approach
- Leveraged Buy-outs
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