Descriptif

1.        Introduction

Major corporate finance theories

2.        Mechanisms of value creation

The major concepts

Valuation technics

Exercises

3.        Cost of capital: theories and practices

The CAPM

Financial structure and cost of financing

How to estimate key parameters

Exercises

4.        Financing

IPO and raising Equity

Debt financing

Other financing sources

5.        Pay out policy

Dividends and share repurchases

Why do firms pay dividends?

6.        Mergers and acquisitions

Takeovers

Merger models

7.        Financial planning

Case study