Valuation

Equip yourself with the most effective valuation tools so you can correctly appraise financial decisions and evaluate companies. Learn to apply discounted cash flow analysis, cost of capital analysis, risk analysis and other tools, including multiples.

Gain an understanding of the concepts of value, return and profitability under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Starting with the basics, you progress to more complex valuations.

NB. The programme assumes knowledge of basic accounting and simple financial ratios gained through professional experience or through completion of the Accounting and Financial Analysis programme.

Who is the programme for?

■ Generalmanagers

■ Mid-career and senior finance professionals

■ Executives, consultants and analysts

■ Businessdevelopers

■ Lawyers/legalpractitioners

■ Financial planners/advisors

■ Economists and business analysts

■ Auditors and risk managers

Programme focus

■ Project appraisal methods and their application

■ Interest rates

■ Inflation and capital budgeting

■ Value and strategy

■ Debt and equity markets

■ Risk and return

■ The cost of capital

■ Company valuation

■ Leverage and value

■ Financial measures of corporate value-add

Key benefits

■ Acquire a comprehensive kit of corporate financial analysis and valuation techniques and understand how to best use them

■ Evaluate investment projects and other decisions with financial consequences

■ Value companies with confidence

■ Understand capital market behaviour, risk and cost of capital

■ Apply ideas in an international context