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Corporate Finance Fundamentals Course Overview

Interested in a career in corporate finance? Looking to move up the ladder at your current job? This introduction to corporate finance course will give an overview of all the key concepts you 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 Course Curriculum

Our Corporate Finance Fundamentals course will teach you:

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

This course will also show you an overview of career paths as well as teach you how to prepare for interviews. Learn the fundamentals of corporate finance.

What Will I Learn in This Corporate Finance Fundamentals Course?

This free corporate finance course will teach you about:

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

Who Should Take This Corporate Finance Fundamentals 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.

About the Corporate Finance Institute®

CFI is a leading provider of online courses and certifications for careers in investment banking, equity research, corporate development, and other areas of corporate finance. CFI students come from a wide range of prestigious institutions that include: Wharton, Harvard, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, BlackRock, KPMG, IBM, and more. Thank you for taking CFI’s free course on corporate finance.

Corporate Finance Fundamentals

Led by Tim Vipond

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Level 2

Approx 2.5h to complete

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What you'll learn

Lesson

Multimedia

Exams

Files

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

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification

Corporate Finance Fundamentals is part of the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® certification, which includes 42 courses.

Skills Learned Financial modeling and valuation, sensitivity analysis, strategy
Career Prep Investment banking and equity research, FP&A, corporate development

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Excellent Instructor.

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Very Good
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material are helpful
satisfied with the material presented but still needs improvement as explained in the previous questionnaire

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Appreciation
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