Executive Education Courses
Seminars. Workshops. MasterClasses.
Corporate Finance and Investment Best Practices
Training Methods: | Action Learning Seminar and Workshop |
Course Venue: | USA West: Las Vegas, NV. Los Angeles, CA. San Francisco, CA. Seattle, WA. USA East: Chicago, IL. Houston, TX. New York (NYC), NY. Washington, DC. Miami, FL. |
Course Duration: | 2 weeks (1 week seminar + 1 week project) |
Course Times: | 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Course Dates: | Executive Education Courses Calendar |
Course Fees: | $29,999 |
Group Discounts: | 5% for 2 delegates. 10% for 3 or more delegates. Government and non-profit delegates receive up to 15% discount for 4 or more delegates. Valid only for Las Vegas venue. |
Program Options: | Available on client site for a group of 5 or more delegates.
For customization of training topics, duration, or one-to-one coaching, please contact us. |
Course Advantage: | Client Testimonials. Training Excellence. CEO Club |
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Candidates for the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) team, including finance managers, treasurers, investor relations managers, and accounting managers.
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Candidates for Chief Investment Officer (CIO) team, including investment managers, private equity fund managers, fund managers, and investment advisors, hedge fund managers, investment analysts, portfolio managers and investor relations managers
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Senior managers including CEOs, entrepreneurs, general managers, business unit managers, operations managers, enterprise project managers, and management consultants
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Note: This experiential program is designed for managers and professionals. We do not accept students seeking initial employment, postsecondary education, or initial licensing programs
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Management Accounting Module
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Management Finance Module
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Investment Management Module
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Provide an understanding of the modern finance and investment management frameworks
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Offer experiential analysis of the challenges of CFOs, finance and investment managers in managing corporate financial information and investments
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Focus on best practices, tools, and decision-models to implement an effective finance and investment management system
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Develop the core corporate finance and investment management skills and competencies. The core competencies include finance management, corporate investment analysis, portfolio strategies, asset allocation. planning, risk management
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Management Accounting Module
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Top CFO questions. CFO challenges. Managerial decision-making using accounting reports and financial statements including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement
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Capital and operational budgeting principles
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Key accounting concepts and formulas: Accounting costs. Expenses. Revenues. Profits and loss. Breakeven analysis (BEA). Assets and liabilities. Stocks. Shares. Bonds. Earnings. Dividends. Shareholder's Equity. Cash flow. Debt. Earnings per Share (EPS). EBITDA
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Financial analysis, business performance, and ratio analysis
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) framework. International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
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Analysis of annual reports of public companies
Module Customization Subjects (Optional)
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Quick overview of accounting principles, processes, and procedures
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The functions and practices of accountants, including the maintenance of bank accounts, developing financial statements, cash flow and financial performance analysis
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Accounting systems, types of costs, and cost allocation, budgeting, performance measurement and reporting
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Development of internal accounting data, and use of this information to assist internal decision making
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Revenue recognition and cost allocation
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Assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity issues
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The interpretation of information contained in accounts prepared by public companies
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Understanding the sources of information contained in accounting statements
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An overview of modern capital and operational budgeting techniques
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Managerial Finance Module
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Top CFO Questions. CFO Challenges. Finance. Sources of Funding. Solving Cash Flow Problems. Working Capital Cycle. Financial Instruments. Concepts of Value Creation. Risk and Required Rates of Return. Capital Budgeting. Capital Structure and Dividend Policies. Foreign Exchange. Currency and Derivative Markets. Currency Risk Management. Corporate Financial Decisions. Benchmarking. Break-Even Point. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Cash Flow. Return on Investment (ROI). Cost-Benefits Analysis (CBA). Current Ratio. Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E). Internal Rate of Return (IRR). Time Value of Money (TVM). Net Present Value (NPV). Price Earning (P/E) Ratio. Beta. Stock. Bonds. Options. Futures. Treasury Bills. Financial Markets. Leverage. Hedging. Diversification.
Module Customization Subjects (Optional)
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CFO's executive role, top questions and challenges
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Basic concepts in finance, including time value of money, financial statements quick overview, financial performance analysis (ratio analysis), and asset pricing (security valuation)
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Corporate financial decisions areas, including capital budgeting, choice of capital structure, and working capital management.
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Capital structure and capital raising essentials, including the investment banking process and stock exchange listing
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Investments management concepts, including types of investment securities; security market operations; investment policies; security analysis and valuation principles: risk, return, and portfolio analysis
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Financial risk management, including diversification, credit risk management, bankruptcy, hedging risk, and insurance
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International finance including foreign exchange, currency and derivative markets, currency risk management, international investment and financing decisions, and multinational corporate financial decisions
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Investment Management Module
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Top Investment questions. CIO challenges. Financial markets and instruments. Alternative investments. Key investment criteria. Investment risk management. Investment valuations and investment ratios
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CIO's top challenges
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Investments management essentials, including types of investment securities, security market operations, investment policies, security analysis and valuation, risk and return, and portfolio analysis
- Designing, planning, monitoring and rebalancing an investment portfolio
- Investment goals, objectives, strategy and policy statements
- Investment portfolio goals and costs
- Choice of risk / reward level: aggressive vs. balanced vs. conservative investment goals and styles
- Conflicting goals leading to suboptimal performance
- Asset allocation mix
- Core vs. non-core investments
- When to buy, hold or sell an asset
- Portfolio diversification best practices
- Comparing short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term investment strategies
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Experiential action learning
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25%-50% seminar and 50-75% experiential project work
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The development of management skills is based on KASAC executive education and management training model
Courseware Content (Customized)
The Corporate Finance Management training courseware includes the following:
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Participant's training guide
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Subject matter handbook and lecture notes
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Executive summary of the subject matter:
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Summary of essential concepts and finance management best practices
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Examples and case studies
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Corporate Finance management toolkit (management frameworks, decision-models, and checklists)
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Experiential work-based assessment project
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Online resources for the completion of the experiential assessment project
Performance Evaluation (Optional)
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Performance can be evaluated on the basis of individual or team project deliverables
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There are no Q&A exams or tests. Candidates can choose to complete customized experiential work-based projects such as developing a relevant analysis document, management strategy, action plan or a senior management presentation
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The course advisor will review the deliverables and provide improvement feedback. The evaluation is a form of management consulting and experiential coaching for performance improvement
- Accelerated workshop (classroom option)