Overview

Financial decision-making within the corporate finance function. The course focuses on strategies for optimising & modelling shareholder value, often a treasury rather than CFO function, taking a pragmatic, real-world, perspective broadening accepted definitions.

Course content looks at:

• sources of funding;
• the capital structure of corporations;
• routes to increased shareholder value e.g. M&A;
• criteria for the allocation of financial resources.

The course has been updated to include current issues: forecasts & scenarios; risk evaluation; gearing & new equity markets. Against the current world backdrop this has been a particular issue for sectors with high R & D and MVP costs, where the world needed scientific breakthroughs. This required innovative funding by equity, mezzanine, loans (even against intangibles); low gearing & low risk entry into the market.

Again, in keeping with market conditions, the course looks at the contribution corporate finance can make in applying its disciplines to drive organic growth in adverse circumstances: specialist funds, private equity and ‘unicorn’ country.

Who should attend
CFO’s, Treasurers, Boards, NEDs, Directors, Investors, Analysts, C-Suite & senior executives (incumbent and prospective), corporate head-hunters and C Suite recruiters.

Course agenda

• Financial structure of companies;
• Dynamic corporate finance – techniques related to organic growth;
• Dynamic corporate finance – growth through acquisition;
• Refinancing companies;
• Corporate finance devices.

Learning outcomes
Increased confidence in corporate finance, devices & techniques from a real world treasury perspective, pushing the accepted envelope:

• Restating focus on optimising shareholder value & taking that as a necessary assumption for model building;
• As a discipline for growth, implications of a treasury lead & model for strategic organic growth model;
• Rationale for acquisition and target company evaluation: the importance of market proximity;
• Refinancing scenarios and approaches;
• Where politics meets corporate finance, and what to be mindful of.

Format
This 5 day course is in workshop format, held in the morning, from 9.00am-1.00pm. Other formats, times or venues may be arranged upon request.

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