Corporate Finance Primer e-Learning Series

Kick start your corporate finance education with the CF e-learning Courses, designed to help you refresh and update your knowledge.  These online courses are available 24/7, provide verifiable CPD credits and will help you start building your corporate finance knowledge and resources.

Sources of Capital 1: Preparing to Raise Capital – The Basics

This is the first of two financing e-learning courses. Here, you’ll review the basic concepts of financing and the different forms of capital that will help you determine the appropriate type of financing for your business.  Armed with this knowledge, you will be able to discuss the different issues involved in strategic financial design and determining the most appropriate financial plan.

  • CPD Credits:  2 hours
  • Tuition:  $49

Sources of Capital 2: Accessing Capital – The Process

Building on what you learned in Preparing to Raise Capital – The Basics, this course will address how to prepare a request for financing and to whom it should be presented.  It will also explore the different issues involved with debt and equity and alternative financings.

  • CPD Credits:  1.5 hours
  • Tuition:  $49


Corporate Finance – Basic Taxation Principles

This course is a great introduction to understanding the basic tax differences between equity and debt financings.  It will also explain the tax benefits of hybrid financing and review common tax issues on inbound and outbound financings.

  • CPD Credits:  1 hour
  • Tuition:  $49


Corporate Finance – Tax Considerations in Merger and Acquisition Transactions

If you are involved in mergers and acquisitions, you will want to understand the basic tax issues involved and how they might affect your deal.  While the course will not make you a tax expert, it will help you understand the advantages and disadvantages of asset or share deals and the special considerations that apply to private companies. It will also provide you with some important acquisition planning techniques.

  • CPD Credits:  1 hour
  • Tuition:  $49


Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statement Relationships

This course delves deeper into the interrelationships of individual line items on the financial statements, giving you a better appreciation of their sensitivity to positive or negative business changes.  You will also learn about the drivers and influencers of revenue, costs and other significant line items.

  • CPD Credits:  2.25 hours
  • Tuition:  $49


Financial Statement Ratio Analysis

If it has been a while since you have generated or reviewed financial statement ratios and interpreted their results, this course is for you! You will learn about the four types of ratios: activity, liquidity, solvency, and profitability; the important ratios in each category, how they are constructed, and when to use them to get the information you need. This course uses the financial statements of two major Canadian competitors and shows you how to interpret the ratios by comparing the companies.

  •  CPD Credits:  1.5 hours
  • Tuition:  $49


Time Value of Money

Time Value of Money is an important concept that you will need to master in order to perform well in corporate finance. If you would like to brush up in this area, this e-learning course explains how to calculate the present and future value of both lump sums and annuities, as well as the present value of perpetual annuities.

  • CPD Credits:  1 hour
  • Tuition:  Free

 

Note: When you register for any of the Corporate Finance courses, you will gain complimentary access for one year to all of the e-learning courses listed above.