Risk Considerations for Mergers and Acquitisions

This course offers participants an introduction to an aspect of business that has become an inseparable part of today's increasingly competitive economic environment. This introductory level course walks students step-by-step through the M&A process. Participants learn how to calculate potential risks and returns before taking the M&A leap.

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
Risk Considerations for Mergers and Acquitisions
  • 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