Free
Capital Structure and Financial Engineering
Self paced
- Finance
- 4 weeks
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Key takeaways
- Perform mean-variance analysis, calculate the optimal portfolio and locate the capital market line
- Calculate the required return on a particular asset, a portfolio or a project using CAPM
- Calculate the required return on a particular asset, a portfolio or a project using a single-factor and a multi-factor model
- Distinguish between the strong, semi-strong, and weak versions of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH)
- Explain the main findings of behavioral finance and give examples of market anomalies that could not be explained by conventional financial theories
- Calculate variance, semi-variance, Value at-Risk (VaR) and Tail Value-at-Risk (TVaR) and use them to compare investment opportunities
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different measures of investment risk
- Conduct risk analysis: sensitivity analysis, break-even analysis, scenario analysis, and Monte-Carlo simulation
- Describe the process by which a company raises capital including venture capital, IPOs, additional issues, and private placement
- Calculate the effect from changes in capital structure on a company’s overall value, equity beta, cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted-average cost of capital
- Describe the effect of corporate tax and costs of financial distress, including the threat of bankruptcy, on the capital structure of a company
Course overview
This course is designed to introduce participants to different methods for the valuation of asset portfolios. The course discusses a broad range of financial derivative instruments and shows how they can be used in conjunction with the underlying asset in a risk management context.
Syllabus
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Learning Materials
This Course Includes
- Educational Content
- Lifetime Access
- Quizzes and Assignments
- Downloadable Resources
- Certificate of Completion
- Taught by an Industry Expert
