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Finance directors are assumed to automatically understand strategic corporate finance and the management of shareholder value. But a McKinsey study established that over half of US retailers fail to cover their cost of capital. The implication is that many finance directors and CFOs do not, in fact, grasp critical aspects of their jobs.
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This course will benefit finance
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Finance directors are assumed to automatically understand strategic corporate finance and the management of shareholder value. But a McKinsey study established that over half of US retailers fail to cover their cost of capital. The implication is that many finance directors and CFOs do not, in fact, grasp critical aspects of their jobs.
More about this Event
Training Ticket registrations will be charged 5 points
Who Will Benefit?
This course will benefit finance directors and CFOs who wish to transform themselves from being mere scorekeepers to being key players who can coach their corporate team to strategic and financial success.
Course Content
The Factors that Drive Corporate Riskiness and Cost of Capital
- Understanding financial risk
- Risk factor 1 – operational leverage
- Risk factor 2 – variability of sales to economic cycle
- Risk factor 3 – financial leverage
- Putting it all together: corporate risk measures in practice
The Factors that Drive Corporate Returns
- Measuring ROCE in your business
- Benchmarking corporate performance
- Business strategy
Promoting Growth in Shareholder Value
- Strategy
- Finance and driving the components of ROCE
- Mergers and acquisitions and timing the business cycle
- Management incentives
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