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Managers in every functional area need to understand and apply the basic principles of financial accounting and finance to improve the effectiveness of their operations and strategy, and to work more effectively with the financial managers of their organizations. By the end of this programme, you should be able to understand M&A transactions and various fundraising strategies, especially those involving private equity and venture capital funds. The sessions will be interactive and participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share their perspectives. Exercises, examples and case studies will be used from a wide range of industries and markets.
Private

Course Learning Objectives:

  • Gain an understanding of the discounted cash flow valuation of firm.
  • Learn about the types, methods, and reasons of merger.
  • Understand the financing choices based on the Firm Life Cycle.
  • Acquire an understanding of Private Equity and Venture Capital.
  • Learn the fundraising methods and the challenges of valuing young private firms.

Faculty

Prof. Ravi Jain

Prof. Ravi Jain

Professor

Prof. Ravi Jain teaches executive education courses in finance and accounting offered by business schools and corporate clients. He teaches regularly in the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Executive MBA Program and in executive programs offered by UC Berkeley and UCLA. He was a member of the NUS faculty from 2006 to 2021 and he has served as the Academic Director of the NUS MSc (Management) and CEMS Master’s in International Management (MIM) programmes.  He has previously taught at the University of Southern California, Temple University, Indian School of Business, and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, and in executive programs for Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Citibank India, Citibank Singapore, Life Insurance Corporation, McKinsey, National Thermal Power Corporation, NUS Business School, Oberoi Group, the Risk Management Institute at NUS, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS Global Asset Management, and UBS Wealth Management. He has also been a consultant on international financial markets for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.

Prof. Jain has won several teaching awards at NUS multiple times including the university’s Annual Teaching Excellence Award, the business school’s Outstanding Educator Award, and the MBA Program’s Best Lecturer Award.  He is a co-author (with Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Alan J. Marcus) of Investments Asia Global Edition (published by McGraw Hill), a textbook on investments and portfolio management that is widely used in the top business schools in Asia. He has published papers in academic journals on topics such as dividend policy, ownership structure, closed-end fund discounts, market microstructure, reverse takeovers, and direct share purchases.  He has a PhD in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Syllabus

Learning Objectives:
  • Gain an understanding of the discounted cash flow valuation of firm.
  • Learn about the types, methods, and reasons of merger.
Module Components:

Readings:

  • Case Study: Monmouth, Inc.

Video Lectures:

  • Discounted Cash Flow for June 10 AMP
  • Merger and Acquisition for June 10 AMP

Excel Example:

  • Valuation Analysis for Robertson Tool in Excel

 

 

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the financing choices based on the Firm Life Cycle.
  • Acquire an understanding of Private Equity and Venture Capital.
  • Learn the fundraising methods and the challenges of valuing young private firms.
Module Components:

Readings:

  • Case Study: A Note on Valuation for Venture Capital, Ivey

Video Lectures:

  • Fundraising and PE/VC – 1 for June 18 AMP
  • Fundraising and PE/VC – 2 for June 18 AMP

Support

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