Once the domain of traditional investment bankers only, today's corporate finance field also has active participants from commercial banking, entrepreneurs in venture capital and governmental agencies seeking to entice corporations to relocate or expand in their areas. The internet sales of initial public offerings have rewritten the older rules of conventional methods of securities distribution. The courses touch upon all these areas, providing techniques and methodologies in investment banking, merger & acquisition and many more.
This Corporate Finance course focuses on the primary tasks of the corporate treasurer or financial analyst. The program covers the key principles of corporate finance including project analysis and capital budgeting, the time value of money and various valuation concepts. Plus, participants are challenged to decide a firm's optimal capital structure. The basics of discounted cash flow shows how to estimate a weighted average cost of capital to use as a discount rate appropriate to a particular company or project. Alternative valuation techniques are also examined. Learn more!