Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Mergers and Acquisitions: Concepts and Theories
New York Institute of Finance
This online course provided an overview of the major facets of the Mergers & Acquisitions industry and the skills engaged in executing transactions, from a deal's inception to post-merger integration. This course also explored the various reasons why people do deals; how to find deals along with an understanding of the global M&A market.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Anton Theunissen
Managing Director
New York Institute of Finance
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify common motivations for acquisitions and the reasons why many are unsuccessful
- Evaluate the specific emerging market risk for M&A and learn valuation techniques for special valuation cases
- Identify public companies, comparable companies, comparable acquisitions, and leverage buyout valuations
- Summarise the Discounted Cash Flow approach
- Describe the positive and negative attributes of the M&A methodologies
- Explore the key risks associated with the acquisition process
- Discuss the characteristics of a successful deal
- Identify the steps involved in the acquisition process
- Identify the functional types of mergers
- Describe the differences between buy vs. build synergies
- Explain the 3 ways M&A increases value
- Summarise the top ten buyer motivations for M&A
Syllabus
Week 1 - Overview and buyer strategies
Emerging market issues and the buyer’s viewpoint
Week 2- Finding and pricing a deal
How to start the acquisitions, risks and approaches to valuations
Week 3 - Special valuation cases
Through case studies explore emerging markets, premiums and discounts
Issued on 12th November 2017
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