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Overview
The MA Concepts and Theories - Advanced Topics Certifiicate is part of the Mergers and Acquisitions (MA) Professional Certificate offered by EdX in partnership with New York Institute of Finance - NYIFx.
If your goal is a career on a broker-dealer’s M&A desk, this is the course for you! This course will dive deeper into advanced M&A topics.
We’ll look at the list of synergies developed by the Investment Bank and buyer and learn about the various sources to finance M&A.
We’ll also look at the steps involved in the sale process, understand the meaning of “First Offer”, and learn how to disclose an acquisition. We’ll wrap up this course with a look at the various types of takeover defenses.
What you'll learn
- Concepts of M&A Financial Accounting and Projections
- How to finance a deal
- Seller’s viewpoint in a M&A deal
- The sale process
- Hostile takeover defenses
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
Session 1: M&A Financial Accounting and Projections
- Lesson 1: M&A Financial Accounting and Projections: Overview
- Lesson 2: Coming Up with Realistic Assumptions
- Case Studies
Session 2: Financing the Deal
- Lesson 1: M&A Finance Sources
- Lesson 2: New Debt
- Lesson 3: New Equity
- Lesson 4: Contingent Payment
Session 3: Seller’s Viewpoint
- Lesson 1: The Seller’s Viewpoint
- Lesson 2: Using an Investment Bank
- Lesson 3: The Sale Process
- Case Studies
Session 4: Other Areas of Interest
Lesson 1: First Offer
Lesson 2: Disclosure of Acquisitions
Lesson 3: Hostile Takeover Defenses
Lesson 4: Private Equity
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Duration
- Part-time
- 28 days
- 1 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Economics Business Administration Finance View 332 other Short Courses in Business Administration in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit official programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisites: None
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100 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 100 USD for the full programme during 28 days.
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