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Advanced Corporate Finance: Strategies for Optimizing Capital Structure and Maximizing Shareholder Value

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Advanced Corporate Finance: Strategies for Optimizing Capital Structure and Maximizing Shareholder Value

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Advanced Corporate Finance: Strategies for Optimizing Capital Structure and Maximizing Shareholder Value

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Overview

PLEASE NOTE: This course is currently being taught as a live online program. See agenda below for schedule.

Does financial leverage actually matter? What are the benefits, costs and risks associated with it? Is there an optimal amount of leverage? And if firms are highly levered, how should stock market investors adjust for risk?

This program is designed to answer these and related questions. In this course, participants will learn about the Nobel prize-winning Modigliani-Miller (MM) Theorem of capital structure, and examine the effects of leverage on firm value and equity risk. They will understand how leverage creates valuable interest tax shields while increasing the risk of financial distress. Through a combination of discussion, case studies and numerical examples, participants will gain hands-on practice with rigorous methods (WACC and APV) to account for leverage in equity or firm valuation or when making investment decisions.

Bundle and Save

Advanced Corporate Finance builds upon the concepts and skills taught in Understanding the Basics of Corporate Finance. It is highly recommended that participants either take this primer course first, or have existing familiarity with the course material in the primer course. Save 15% by taking both courses in our Mastering Corporate Finance bundle.

Certificates and Credits

Upon completion of this course, participants will receive a Certificate of Achievement.

Program Takeaways

During this course, participants will:

  • Leverage

    Learn the benefits, costs and risks associated with leverage and appreciate popular fallacies, such as “debt is cheap and equity is expensive”
  • Capital Structure

    Analyze how firms determine their optimal capital structure and use debt tax shields increase the value of their business
  • Methods

    Utilize rigorous methods to account for leverage in equity or firm valuation, as well as investment decisions

Who Should Attend

Although there are no formal education or background requirements, this course is designed for executives who meet the criteria below. While we strongly encourage global participation, please note that all courses are taught in English. Proficiency in written and spoken English is required.

  • Years of Experience

    Designed for professionals with 5+ years of work experience
  • Job Functions

    Ideal for professionals who need to make investment or financing decisions, or who frequently communicate with financial decision makers
  • Prerequisites

    Intended for individuals who want to improve their financial literacy but have existing foundational experience with or knowledge of corporate finance

Agenda

The following agenda is a sample and subject to change.

This agenda has been modified for live online instruction. Please note there will be a 30-minute break from 12:00 - 12:30 pm ET.

10:00 am - 2:30 pm ET: Session 1: Capital Structure 

  • Review: Capital Asset Pricing Model
  • Modigliani-Miller I: Leverage and Firm Value
  • Modigliani-Miller II: Leverage and Equity Risk
  • Cost of Capital Fallacy
  • Leverage, Information, and Incentives
  • Interest Tax Shields
  • The “Low Leverage Puzzle”
  • Costs of Financial Distress
  • Optimal Capital Structure

This agenda has been modified for live online instruction. Please note there will be a 30-minute break from 12:00 - 12:30 pm ET.

10:00 am - 2:30 pm ET: Session 2: Case Study: UST, Inc.

  • Costs and Benefits of Leverage
  • UST’s Leveraged Recapitalization
  • Computing UST’s Optimal Capital Structure 

This agenda has been modified for live online instruction. Please note there will be a 30-minute break from 12:00 - 12:30 pm ET.

10:00 am - 2:30 pm ET: Session 3: Leverage, Valuation and Investment Decisions

  • Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Method
  • Adjusted Present Value (APV) Method
  • Examples: ABC Inc., Candy Company, Singer Corp.

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