Masterclass in Corporate Finance

Course Info

Date: July-14-2025

Length: 1 Week

City: Kuala Lumpur

Fees: 3,990

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Jan-13-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-14-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-14-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-13-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-30-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-30-2024

    Barcelona

  • Jan-13-2025

    Istanbul

  • Jan-13-2025

    Paris

  • Jan-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Jan-13-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Jan-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Jan-13-2025

    Singapore

  • Jan-27-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Feb-10-2025

    London

  • Mar-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Apr-14-2025

    London

  • Apr-14-2025

    Paris

  • Apr-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • Apr-14-2025

    Singapore

  • Apr-14-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-14-2025

    Istanbul

  • May-12-2025

    Dubai

  • June-09-2025

    London

  • July-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • July-14-2025

    Paris

  • July-14-2025

    Amsterdam

  • July-14-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-14-2025

    Dubai

  • July-14-2025

    Singapore

  • Aug-11-2025

    London

  • Sep-08-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-13-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-13-2025

    Paris

  • Oct-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-13-2025

    London

  • Oct-13-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-13-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Dec-08-2025

    London

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

Intrduction to corporate finance
 
  • Understanding corporate finance and finance functions
  • Profit maximisation vs. wealth maximisation
  • Concept of time value and return
  • Capital market theory
  • Portfolio theory: Capital asset pricing model
  • Agency problem

 

Capital Budgeting
 
  • Need for investment decisions
  • Investment evaluation criteria
  • Non-discounted cash flow methods and techniques: Accounting rate of return, Payback period,
  • Discounted cash flow methods and techniques: Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability index
  • Estimating cost of capital: cost of debt, cost of preference capital, cost of equity capital

 

Capital structure and financing decision

 

  • Relevance of capital structure: Net income approach
  • Net operating income approach
  • MM hypothesis
  • Pecking Order theory
  • EBIT-EPS analysis
  • Financial and operating leverage

 

 Long- term financing
 
  • Capital market
  • Shares: equity shares, rights issues, preference shares
  • Debentures
  • Asset-based financing
  • Venture capital

 

 Dividend decision and policy

 

  • Dividend relevance: Walter’s model and Gordon’s model
  • Issues in dividend policy
  • Lintner’s model of corporate dividend
  • Forms of dividend
  • Deciding retention ratio and pay-out ratio

 

Working capital management

 

  • Operating cycle and cash conversion cycle
  • Fixed and fluctuating working capital
  • Determinants of working capital
  • Liquidity vs. profitability
  • Estimating working capital needs
  • Matching approach, conservative approach and aggressive approach

 

Corporate restructuring

 

  • Introduction to corporate restructuring
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • P/E and EPS analysis in mergers and acquisitions
  • DCF approach
  • Leveraged Buy-outs

 

 International Financial Management

 

  • Foreign exchange market
  • Foreign exchange risks and hedging
  • Exchange rate quotations and arbitrage
  • Forwards, swaps and interest parity

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