GoFast.Finance/CMA Part 2B: Corporate Finance

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CMA Part 2B: Corporate Finance

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  • 25 Lessons

Build corporate finance skills that help you evaluate funding, capital structure and working capital decisions.

🛠️ Finance toolkit: Understand risk, return, cost of capital, valuation and working capital tools that support everyday decisions.

📣 Cross functional influence: Contribute meaningfully to discussions with treasury, banks and business leaders about funding and liquidity.

💰 Stronger investments: Help organizations choose financing and restructuring options that support long term value and resilience.

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Who this is for

Project and capex controllers and finance managers evaluating funding choices, capital structure and working capital strategies.

FP&A analysts and CMA candidates supporting discussions with banks, investors and senior leadership on funding decisions.

Prerequisites

Knowledge: Solid grasp of time value of money and introductory investment appraisal concepts.

Tools: CMA approved calculator and spreadsheet tool able to handle NPV, IRR and related functions.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Evaluate risk and return trade offs for different financial instruments and portfolios.

  2. Calculate cost of capital and apply it in valuation and decision making.

  3. Analyze financing choices, capital structure and working capital strategies.

  4. Assess corporate restructuring and international finance decisions in case scenarios.

CPE Information

  • Eligibility: currently not eligible

  • Watch time: about 3 hours

  • Total learning: about 6 hours

  • Estimated credits: 4.0

Contents

Module 1: Financial risk and return foundations

Lesson 1: Calculating returns on investments
Lesson 2: Types of financial risk in practice
Lesson 3: Linking risk and return trade offs

Module 2: Long term financial management

Lesson 4: Yield curves and term structure basics
Lesson 5: Debt and equity instruments overview
Lesson 6: Cost of capital and WACC
Lesson 7: Valuing bonds and shares

Module 3: Raising capital for the business

Lesson 8: Financial markets and funding channels
Lesson 9: Financial institutions as intermediaries
Lesson 10: IPOs and secondary offerings
Lesson 11: Dividend policy and share repurchases
Lesson 12: Lease versus buy financing decisions
Lesson 13: Debt financing choices and covenants

Module 4: Working capital and liquidity management

Lesson 14: Net working capital concepts and trade offs
Lesson 15: Cash management policies and tools
Lesson 16: Marketable securities in liquidity strategy
Lesson 17: Accounts receivable and credit policy
Lesson 18: Inventory management and operating cycle
Lesson 19: Types of short term credit
Lesson 20: Managing short term credit mix

Module 5: Corporate restructuring choices

Lesson 21: Mergers and acquisitions essentials
Lesson 22: Spin offs, divestitures and other moves

Module 6: International finance decisions

Lesson 23: Exchange rate regimes and implications
Lesson 24: Managing transaction exposure
Lesson 25: Financing international trade