This course covers what you need to know for the corporate finance section of the CFA. We will start by going over Corporate governance which is generally covered on the CFA exam. We will also go through calculations related to capital budgeting since they are a popular area of questions for the CFA exam. WACC and cost of capital are another area test takers can expect to see questions on since investors need to understand and be able to apply cost of capital calculations, and so we’ll cover all this as well. We will also go over risk management which has become a key aspect of investing and working capital management since it is a major topic within corporate finance. Finally, we’ll finish up with some helpful tips and good test taking strategies for this area to help you pass the CFA exam.
Learning Objectives
- Discover and describe principal–agent and other relationships in corporate governance and the conflicts that may arise in these relationships.
- Identify and calculate and interpret net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), payback period, discounted payback period, and profitability index (PI) of a single capital project.
- Identify and calculate and interpret the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of a company.
- Explore, define, calculate, and explain leverage, business risk, sales risk, operating risk, and financial risk and classify a risk.
- Recognize and evaluate working capital effectiveness of a company based on its operating and cash conversion cycles and compare the company’s effectiveness with that of peer companies.
- Identify and understand test taking strategies for Corporate Finance problems.
Included In Certifications
This course is included in the following Certification Programs:
11 CoursesCFA Level 1 Preparation
- CFA Level 1 Prep: Introduction to the CFA Exam
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 1 - Ethics and Professional Standards
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 2 - Quantitative Methods
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 3 - Economics
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 4 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 5 - Corporate Finance
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 6 - Equities Markets
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 7 - Fixed Income
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 8 - Derivatives
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 9 - Alternative Investments
- CFA Level 1 Prep: 10 - Portfolio Management
Prerequisites
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course. However being part of a series, you may consider taking all related courses in sequence: https://www.illumeo.com/curriculum/cfa-level-1-preparation