Introduction to Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investment Decision

Basic understanding of Excel and of financial concepts.

Upon successful completion of this introductory course, the participant should have an understanding of Corporate Finance including notably:

• Investment decisions by the firm
• Financing decisions by the firm
• The key valuation techniques applied
• The estimation of cash flows and
• The estimation of cost of capital and

The influence of the capital structure on the cost of capital

• Introduction and basic concepts of corporate finance
  • Overview
  • Aim of the firm
  • Investment and financing decisions
  • Valuation principle
• Investment decision and capital budgeting
  • Overview of valuation methods
  • Net present value approach
  • Discounted cash flow valuation
    • Time value of money
    • Financial analysis and deriving free cash flows
    • Capital budgeting
  • Multiple approach
• Financing decisions
  • Capital structure of a firm
  • Determining the cost of capital/discount rate

At the end of the course, the participants will receive a certificate of attendance issued by the House of Training.