Self-Study: Corporate Finance Fundamentals

Overview

Corporate Finance Fundamentals covers capital investment, capital financing, and the return of capital. Learn how companies evaluate potential projects for those that increase shareholder value. Understand how to optimize a firm’s capital structure. Select various methods for returning capital to shareholders.

Highlights

• Understand what capital investment is and why it increases a company's assets
• Learn common metrics used by companies to evaluate various investments
• Learn the business life cycle and how it impacts the funding life cycle
• Understand the types & sources of equity & debt available to companies
• Learn how to minimize a company's weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
• Understand the advantages & disadvantages of the different ways a company can return capital

Objectives

• Understand how to select projects that will create value for shareholders
• Learn how to use capital financing to optimize the capital structure of a company
• Select a method of returning capital to company shareholders

Preparation

Attendees should have a basic understanding of accounting fundamentals and valuation.