Risk Considerations for Mergers and Acquisitions - Online

This module will look at several important factors that merit consideration when evaluating a potential merger or acquisition.

This course replicates the content from lesson 2 of the course Mergers and Acquisitions - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


Financial analysts/managers, bankers, strategic planning professionals, financial decision-makers in corporations, corporate finance lawyers, corporate finance accountants, financial management consultants, market regulators and professionals interested in the nuts-and-bolts aspects of M&A analysis and valuation.
Students will be able to:
  • Discuss the relationship between risk and return
  • Describe common risk considerations
  • Identify the formula for quantifying risk using the discount rate
  • Identify steps to be taken by a due diligence team
  • Recognize characteristics of a suitable turnaround candidate
"The course provided very useful information."
  • Overview of Mergers and Acquisitions - Online
  • Raising Financially Responsible Children I: Your Money, Your Children - Virtual
  • Financing the Acquisition - Online
  • Integrating the Acquisition - Online
  • Mergers and Acquisitions - Concepts and Theories
  • Risk Considerations for Mergers and Acquisitions
    Topics covered include:
    • Risk vs. return analysis
    • Due diligence and uncovering incorrectly valued and unrecorded assets and liabilities
    • Conducting business through subsidiaries
    • Contingent liabilities
    • Turnaround candidates
    • Operational vs. financial problems
    Duration: 1 hour

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