Introduction to Managerial Finance

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Apr-01-2024

    London

  • Apr-22-2024

    London

  • May-06-2024

    London

  • June-03-2024

    London

  • July-01-2024

    London

  • July-22-2024

    London

  • Aug-05-2024

    London

  • Sep-02-2024

    London

  • Sep-23-2024

    London

  • Oct-07-2024

    London

  • Nov-04-2024

    London

  • Dec-02-2024

    London

  • Dec-23-2024

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Apr-01-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-08-2024

    Istanbul

  • Apr-08-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-15-2024

    Paris

  • Apr-15-2024

    Singapore

  • Apr-22-2024

    Dubai

  • Apr-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-29-2024

    Barcelona

  • May-06-2024

    Amsterdam

  • May-13-2024

    Istanbul

  • May-13-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-20-2024

    Paris

  • May-20-2024

    Singapore

  • May-27-2024

    Dubai

  • May-27-2024

    Barcelona

  • June-03-2024

    Amsterdam

  • June-10-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-10-2024

    Istanbul

  • June-17-2024

    Paris

  • June-17-2024

    Singapore

  • June-24-2024

    Dubai

  • June-24-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-01-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-08-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-08-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-15-2024

    Singapore

  • July-15-2024

    Paris

  • July-22-2024

    Dubai

  • July-29-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-05-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-12-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-12-2024

    Istanbul

  • Aug-19-2024

    Paris

  • Aug-19-2024

    Singapore

  • Aug-26-2024

    Barcelona

  • Aug-26-2024

    Dubai

  • Sep-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-16-2024

    Paris

  • Sep-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Sep-23-2024

    Dubai

  • Sep-30-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-30-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-07-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-14-2024

    Istanbul

  • Oct-14-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-21-2024

    Paris

  • Oct-21-2024

    Singapore

  • Oct-28-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-28-2024

    Dubai

  • Nov-04-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-11-2024

    Istanbul

  • Nov-11-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-18-2024

    Singapore

  • Nov-18-2024

    Paris

  • Nov-25-2024

    Barcelona

  • Nov-25-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-16-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-23-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-30-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-30-2024

    Amsterdam

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

 Financial statement analysis

 

  • Interpret the nature of a firm from a managerial finance perspective
  • Identify the difference between finance and accounting
  • Interpret the key components of the financial statements
  • Demonstrate how business transactions affect the financial statements
  • Calculate key financial, operating, and leverage ratios
  • Assess the financial health and operational effectiveness of a firm using financial and operating ratios
  • Identify the various sources and uses of a firm's funds

 

 

 

 Financial forecasting

 

  • Interpret the relationship between a firm's growth and its funding needs
  • Apply financial statement analysis and financial ratios to a firm's funding needs
  • Assess the financial dynamics and funding needs of a given firm
  • Compile a firm's pro forma balance sheet and income statement

 

Discounted cash flow analysis
 
  • Interpret the concept of the cost of capital and discounting cash flows
  • Calculate the net present value of a stream of cash flows
  • Interpret the difference between a corporate investment project's incremental earnings and its free cash flows
  • Calculate a corporate investment project's free cash flows (FCF)
  • Apply the concepts of sunk cost, cannibalisation, depreciation, and the tax treatment of losses to a valuation model
  • Apply fundamental valuation in the real world

 

 

Optimal investing
 
  • Compare an investment project's value under different assumptions
  • Distinguish between sensitivity, break-even, and scenario analysis
  • Calculate scenarios using Excel's Data Table tool
  • Assess quantitative and qualitative assumptions used to draw up cash flow projections
  • Identify key challenges when compiling valuations and forecasts in the real world

 

Funding strategies

 

  • Identify the various sources of funding
  • Interpret the concept of the opportunity cost of capital
  • Apply investor behaviour and characteristics of the stock market to the calculation of the cost of capital
  • Calculate an investment's required rate of return by using the CAPM formula
  • Calculate a firm's weighted-average cost of capital
  • Determine the optimal capital structure, considering interest tax shields and the costs of financial distress

 

 Valuing entire companies
 
  • Calculate a firm's value by applying the principles of fundamental valuation
  • Calculate a firm's terminal value
  • Interpret the relationship between fundamental and market values
  • Interpret the efficiency of the market in valuing shares
  • Apply valuation by comparables to value a firm's shares
  • Identify the key characteristics of the M&A market
  • Evaluate a takeover offer by applying the concepts of valuation

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