تفاصيل الدورة
This course is designed to help you understand the essentials of finance that you will need to operate effectively in today's capital markets. We cover the big picture - the financial markets architecture, accounting, corporate finance and valuation and we go on to look at how to communicate a company’s financial story effectively - all in an accessible way for non-finance specialists.
The course would suit company management teams, corporate communicators and investor relations officers as well as financial markets professionals.
Outcomes
- Understand the context for capital markets activities
- See how to build and retain access to capital
- Become fluent in the language of finance
- Understand financial statements
- Be able to use numbers to tell a company’s story
- See how to present a company's story to attract investor support
- Understand how companies are valued and how best to valuation
What will I learn?
The Big Picture
- The financial markets architecture
- Raising money - bonds and shares
- Types of investor and their characteristics
- Sell side and buy side today » The role of ratings agencies The importance of managing expectations
- Overview of key regulations and governance
Corporate Finance Essentials
- Understanding shareholder value
- Characteristics of debt and equity funding
- The capital mix - implications
- DCF basics
Accounting Essentials
- The key financial statements
- The difference between profits and cash
- Depreciation, amortisation and EBITDA
- Goodwill and impairment
- Annual reports & earnings releases - how invesors, analysts and journalists use them
Profitability
- Headline numbers
- Analysing income statements
- Establishing a trend - analysts' adjustments
- Earnings per share and dividends
- Communicating earnings guidance
Balance Sheets & Funding
- Reviewing the balance sheet
- The impact of leverage
- Communicating balance sheet strength
Cash Flows
- How cash flows differ from profits
- Identifying cash generation
- Free cash flow and operating free cash flow
- Communicating cash generation
How companies are valued
- How listed companies are valued by markets
- Fundamental value - DCF
- The link with NPV and IRR
- Valuation using multiples
- Key valuation variables
How to tell your investment story
- Share price influences
- Anticipating market reaction
- Influencing fundamentals and sentiment
- Targeting the appropriate shareholder base
- KPIs for communicating shareholder value
- The importance of corporate responsibility
- Communicating to achieve fair value and attracting investor support
How will You Learn
- Through engaging, interactive case studies and exercises that guide you from what you know to more advanced finance and accounting
- By exercises designed to replicate situations you will encounter, with many drawn from real life examples
- Through vigorous discussion and debate that encourages attendees to engage financial language and helps solidify the learning
- Via practical applications of content - ensuring that you return to your desk to carry out your duties even more effectively
نبذة عن معهد Nasdaq Dubai
NASDAQ Dubai sees financial education as a key factor in the development of a successful, world-class capital market. It has established NASDAQ Dubai Academy to provide training courses that will support the educational requirements of a range of market participants, including issuers, members, investors and the general public.
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