Overview in the MFM Courses in Financial Management:
This Wealth Management Certification Course is concerned with financial decision-making and financial instruments and markets. This graduate program teaches candidates to apply economic and financial theory to obtain solutions to financial problems, such as choosing among alternative investment projects and evaluating proposed investment strategies. Courses focus on corporate accounting theory, corporate finance and leadership, investment and portfolio management, risk management, international economics and finance and financial analysis. This graduate program with a corporate finance concentration prepares individuals for careers in corporate finance, corporate leadership, treasury management, banking and insurance, and portfolio management
- Corporate Accounting Professional Overview and Developments
- Corporate Finance Global Overview
- Corporate Investment and Portfolio Management
- Corporate Financial Risk Management
- Global Economics and Financial Markets
- Financial Analyst Professional Management
Corporate Accounting Professional Overview and Developments
This course is a comprehensive introduction to corporate accounting for analysts. The depth of coverage depends on the time allotted for the course. Topics covered include basic accounting concepts; journal entries; balance sheet construction, types of assets and liabilities, the constituents of equity, foreign currency adjustments, treasury stock; the income statement, types of revenues and expenses, variable versus fixed costs, dilution, inventory costing and depreciation methods, cash flow statements overview, and basics of corporate income taxes.
Corporate Finance Global Overview
This module expands on the candidate's existing financial management experience. Topics include estimating cash flows, capital budgeting under uncertainty, raising debt and equity capital, financial restructuring, and financial risk management
Investment and Portfolio Management
This modules primary focus is on security valuation and portfolio management. Including security pricing, measurement of risk and return, mean-variance portfolio analysis, capital asset pricing model, factor models, and arbitrage pricing models. Asset classes and portfolio strategies commonly used by global portfolio managers are also studied.
Financial Risk Management
This course exposes executives to the recent developments in the management of exposure to market risk, credit risk, operational risk, etc. Also, an introduction to the products used for risk management, including forwards, options, swaps, caps, collars, and floors.
International Economics and Financial Markets
A comprehensive study of international financial markets, currencies, and concerns. Topics include the nature of foreign exchange risk, determination of exchange rates, Global and Eurocurrency markets, international investments, and the use of futures and options contracts to hedge exchange rate risk.
Financial Analysis Professional Management
This executive training module is covers the analysis and interpretation of financial data. Financial analysis makes extensive use of financial ratios so as to evaluate a corporation as an investment prospect and an input for equity valuation. Topics include a quick review of income balance sheets and statements and their use. This leads to a discussion of the ways in which these ratios are used in equity valuation. Participants are exposed to means of using financial ratios and market data to obtain estimates of the growth rates for corporate earnings and how these estimates can be improved upon with the aid of pro forma financial statements