Master corporate finance essentials, from investment decisions to risk management, for maximizing firm value creation.
Master corporate finance essentials, from investment decisions to risk management, for maximizing firm value creation.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Essentials of Corporate Finance Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Master different approaches to investment evaluation and decision-making
Understand capital raising through IPOs and debt financing
Analyze mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring strategies
Learn risk management using derivative securities
Develop skills in corporate financial value creation
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
3.65 Hours PreRecorded video
9 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores key financial decisions that modern corporations face in pursuit of value creation. Through partnership with BNY Mellon, students learn alternative methods for investment evaluation, capital raising strategies, and risk management techniques. The curriculum covers critical topics including DCF analysis, IPO processes, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and derivative securities, providing practical insights into optimizing firm value.
Alternative Approaches to Making the Optimal Investment Decision
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Raising Capital and the Choices Firms Face
Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete
Creating Value via Takeovers, Mergers and Corporate Restructuring
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
Alternative Approaches to Risk Management
Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete
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Instructors
Influential Scholar in Finance and Dean at the University of Melbourne
Professor Paul Kofman, who earned his PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam, has been a Professor of Finance at the University of Melbourne since 2001. In 2012, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics. His research interests encompass quantitative and behavioral finance, as well as the regulation of financial markets. Kofman has received numerous competitive research grants and was a founding director of the Australian Research Council-funded Financial Integrity Research Network.
Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Melbourne
Sean Pinder (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Melbourne, recognized for his extensive research contributions, which have been published in leading Australian and international journals. His work has earned him awards, and he is noted for his enthusiastic teaching style, which has been acknowledged by organizations such as the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
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