Short Courses in Finance: Corporate Finance
The Corporate Finance course introduces students to the fundamentals of business finance, analysis and investment.
The module covers various topics such as:
- Identifying, raising, and working efficiently with capital
- Evaluating marketable securities
- The principles involved in determining dividend policy
- Final evaluation of evolving investments
These skills will promote the ability to analyse the drivers of corporate performance and develop a strategic vision for future value creation. This allows students to deliver tangible benefit to an organisation in functions ranging from forecasting to fiduciary reporting.
The course kits out participants with the ability to manage complex financial operations within companies including growth oriented medium sized firms to established multi-national corporations.
The skills learnt in this course are vital to successful employment in banking, consulting and international industry.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Students wishing to attend the Corporate Finance short course should ideally have some knowledge/exposure to accountancy (i.e. balance sheets) and statistics (i.e. calculating an average). For those students who do not have knowledge of these areas, a relevant pre reading literature will be given prior to the course start date.
HOW WILL I BENEFIT?
On completion of this course you will be able to understand and appreciate:
- how the finance function is organised
- stakeholders and their objectives
- how corporate governance helps to ensure business management integrity
- how the prices of corporate securities are determined by market forces
- what sources and types of finance are available to businesses
- procedures for issuing share capital
- how to estimate the cost of capital for a business
- techniques for appraising new investment decisions
- the application of investment appraisal techniques in a range of business situations
- the importance of working capital and how it can be managed more efficiently
For more information on the syllabus please look under Key Facts.