Day One: CORE CORPORATE FINANCE PRINCIPLES
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Foundations of Corporate Finance
- Role of corporate finance in business strategy
- Financial decision-making framework
- Time value of money concepts
- Risk vs return fundamentals
- Financial markets and instruments overview
- Linking finance with organizational strategy
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Investment Decision-Making
- Capital budgeting principles
- Net Present Value (NPV) analysis
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback period and profitability index
- Identifying relevant cash flows
- Evaluating long-term investments
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Cost of Capital & Capital Structure
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Debt vs equity financing decisions
- Optimal capital structure
- Impact of leverage on returns
- Cost of equity vs cost of debt
- Financing strategy alignment
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Financial Risk Management
- Types of financial risk (market, credit, liquidity)
- Risk measurement techniques
- Hedging strategies and tools
- Managing currency and interest rate risks
- Risk-return optimization
- Financial risk governance
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Financial Performance & Value Creation
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- Economic Value Added (EVA)
- Cash flow vs accounting profit
- Measuring financial performance
- Linking strategy with financial outcomes
- Shareholder value creation