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Corporate Finance Fundamentals 

Corporate Finance Fundamentals
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CFI 
Overview

Duration

3 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Official Website

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Credential

Certificate

Corporate Finance Fundamentals
 at 
CFI 
Highlights

  • Learn who participates in capital markets, as well as the capital raising process itself
  • Understand the different types of securities a company may issue
  • Evaluate the major business valuation techniques
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Corporate Finance Fundamentals
 at 
CFI 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • This free corporate finance class is perfect for anyone currently in or looking for a career in investment banking, equity research, private equity, corporate development, finance, and accounting.
  • This course is an excellent primer for beginners and a great refresher for advanced practitioners.
What are the course deliverables?
  • Who the key players in the capital markets are
  • What the capital raising process looks like
  • The main business valuation techniques
  • Types of valuation multiples
  • How to structure a deal
  • How to finance an acquisition
  • Types of debt securities
  • Types of equity securities
  • Different players in capital markets
  • Funding lifecycles
  • Business valuation methods
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) processes
  • Equity capital raising
  • Debt capital raising
  • Corporate finance career paths
More about this course
  • This introduction to corporate finance course will give an overview of all the key concepts student need for a high-powered career in investment banking, equity research, private equity, corporate development, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), treasury, and much more.

Corporate Finance Fundamentals
 at 
CFI 
Curriculum

Introduction

Course introduction

Download course notes presentation

Corporate finance overview

Players in corporate finance - primary market

Players in corporate finance - secondary market

Types of participants and transactions

Interactive exercises 1

Capital Investment

Session objectives Draft

Capital investment overview

Net present value (NPV)

Terminal value

Interactive exercise 2

Unlocking the drivers of value

Enterprise value vs equity value

Internal rate of return (IRR)

Interactive exercise 3

Mergers and acquisitions

10-step acquisition process

Types of buyers

Acquisition valuation and analysis

Issues to consider when structuring a deal

Interactive Exercise 4

Capital Financing

Session objectives Draft

Capital financing overview

The business life cycle and funding life cycle

Capital structure

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

Interactive exercise 5

Capital stack

Types of equity

Sources of equity

Private equity and venture capital firms

Interactive exercise 6

Why use debt

Assessing debt capacity

Senior debt overview

Types of subordinated debt

Interactive exercise 7

Credit ratings and high yield debt

Mezzanine debt characteristics

Debt repayment profiles

Tradeoffs between debt and equity

Interactive exercise 8

Underwriting

Underwriting advisory services

Book building process and road show

Pricing the issue

Interactive exercise 9

Dividends and Return of Capital

Three main activities of corporate finance recap

Dividends and return of capital

Retained earnings and excess cash

Dividends vs share buyback

Interactive exercise 10

Conclusion

Roles in corporate finance

Summary

Qualified Assessment

Qualified assessment

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Students Ratings & Reviews

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Learning Experience: my learning experience was good. Curriculum: video lectures
Faculty: The faculty was good
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