Corporate Finance
Course Information:
Venue: | Duration: | Date: | Price: |
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Online | £1,750.00 | 12 hrs | Flexible |
In-House | Agreed with client | Flexible | POA |
London | 5 days | 10-Jan | £3,500.00 |
London | 5 days | 04-Apr | £3,500.00 |
London | 5 days | 4-Jul | £3,500.00 |
London | 5 days | 3-Oct | £3,500.00 |
Who should attend?
- Those who are new appointed into a strategic planning role
- Treasury department managers who wish to increase the strategic role of the treasury function
- Financial planning practitioners who want to update their skills
- Those who want to be able to look at their organisation’s performance and that of competitors
- Audit personnel
- Financial risk managers
Accreditations
Outcomes
- Go beyond the description of financial performance to calculate and interpret key information
- Assess the influential role of all stakeholders
- Develop a business funding policy to manage financial risk
- Evaluate the growing influence of corporate finance on strategy
- Exploit the growing strategic role in developing competitive advantage
COURSE TOPICS:
Financial Statements, International Standards and interpreting them using Ratio Analysis
- International Financial Standards for Private and Public Sectors
- The key statements, format and content
- Financial Analysis – the essential ratios based on the income statement
- Financial Analysis – the essential ratios based on the balance sheet and/or income statement combine
How The Shift from Shareholder to Stakeholder Value is Driving Strategy and Decision-Making
- Value maximisation and stakeholder theory
- The drivers of shareholder and stakeholder value
- Linking decision-making to shareholder value – the long-term perspective
- Ethical dimensions of decision-makin
Funding the Business
- Capital structure and the cost of capital
- Funding with equity
- Retaining profit – dividend policy
- Funding with debt
- The main instruments of the capital markets
The Impact of PESTLE on Strategy and Risk Management
- The components of PESTLE and the impact on corporate finance
- Porter’s generic competitive strategies
- Mergers and acquisition – a corporate approach
- Managing financial risks
An Effective Treasury Function
- Expanding strategic role of treasury and its role in corporate decision making
- Price to earnings ratio, dividend yield, dividend pay-out ratio
- Leadership skills and training for treasurers
- The areas where treasury takes a lead role, including: bank relationship management; short-term and long-term borrowing; financial risk management
- Defining treasury success – KPIs, credit ratings etc.