Mergers & Acquisitions Professional Certificate: Online

New York Institute of Finance

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Mergers & Acquisitions Professional Certificate: Online

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Taught by instructors with decades of experience on Wall Street, this mergers and acquisitions course will equip analysts and associates with the skills they need to rise in the M&A field. Directors and managers who have transitioned, or hope to transition, to M&A from other areas, such as equities or fixed income, can use this M&A training to eliminate skill gaps.

CPE Credits: 40 - The complete list of CPE courses can be found here.

 

The M&A Professional Certificate is broken down into 5 courses:

  • Concepts and Theories: An Introduction
  • Concepts and Theories: Advanced Topics
  • Structuring the Deal
  • Free Cash Flow: A Powerful Decision-Making Metric
  • Accounting for Mergers & Acquisitions

 

The final step will be the M&A Professional Certification Examination.

  • The examination comprises of 20 questions selected randomly from a NYIF M&A Question Test Bank
  • Total examination duration is 60 minutes. 
  • You only have one attempt 
  • You'll need to score more than 70% to pass the examination and be awarded with the NYIF M&A Professional Certificate
  • Teacher's Assistants are available via the discussion forum and will respond within 2-3 business days

 

Those participants who pass the examination will receive a M&A Professional Certificate from the New York Institute of Finance (NYIF). A NYIF certificate is a valuable addition to your credentials, proving that you have acquired the work-ready skills that employers value.

 

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Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Global M&A
  • Lesson 2: Emerging Market M&A Issues
  • Lesson 3: Buyer’s Viewpoint
  • Lesson 4: Three Ways M&A Increases Value
  • Lesson 5: Buy vs. Build, Synergy

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Starting the Acquisition Process
  • Lesson 2: Characteristics of Successful Deals
  • Lesson 3: Discussion of Key Risks and Failed Deals

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: How much should the buyer pay?
  • Lesson 2: Discuss the DCF and Public Companies
  • Lesson 3: Harley Davidson: public companies
  • Lesson 4: Comparable M&A and LBO’s

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Emerging markets companies
  • Lesson 2: Money-losing companies, erratic track records; Distressed/bankrupt companies
  • Lesson 3: Industry Specific Multiples
  • Lesson 4: Natural Resources
  • Lesson 5: Speculative Hi-tech
  • Lesson 6: Sum-of-parts
  • Lesson 7: Free cash flow as an indicator
  • Lesson 8: Valuing liquidity and control

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: M&A Financial Accounting: Overview
  • Case Study – Apple – RIMM Model Discussion
  • Lesson 2: Coming Up with Realistic Assumptions

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: M&A Finance Sources
  • Lesson 2: Debt
  • Lesson 3: New Equity
  • Lesson 4: Contingent Payment

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: The Seller’s Viewpoint
  • Lesson 2: Using an Investment Bank
  • Lesson 3: The Sale Process

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: First Offer
  • Lesson 2: Disclosure of Acquisitions
  • Lesson 3: Hostile Takeover Defenses
  • Lesson 4: Private Equity

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Review M&A Sale Process
  • Lesson 2: Where Do Legal Agreements Fit In
  • Lesson 3: Corporate Documents
  • Lesson 4: IB Engagement Letter

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Confidentiality Agreement (CA): Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
  • Lesson 2: Term Sheet
  • Lesson 3: Letter of Intent
  • Lesson 4: Definitive Agreements

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Merger
  • Lesson 2: Stock purchase
  • Lesson 3: Asset purchase
  • Lesson 4: Legal Structures: Advantages & Disadvantages

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Triangular Mergers

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Introduction
  • Lesson 2: Stock Purchase Deal
  • Lesson 3: Asset Purchase Deal
  • Lesson 4: Stock vs. Assets Purchase

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Introduction
  • Lesson 2: Tax Free Reorganizations
  • Lesson 3: Tax-Free Acquisition Structure Alternatives

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Accounting Rules
  • Lesson 2: Letter of Intent - Refresher

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Introduction
  • Lesson 2: Earnouts and Hope Certificates
  • Lesson 3: Contingent Considerations

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Introduction
  • Lesson 2: Tax Loss Mergers
  • Lesson 3: Break Up/Sum of Parts/Split Off
  • Lesson 4: LBOs Merger Structure
  • Lesson 5: Roll ups, Consolidation Plays
  • Lesson 6: Distressed/bankruptcy Structures
  • Lesson 7: Special Purpose Acquisition Corps (SPAC)
  • Lesson 8: Reverse Merger
  • Lesson 9: Private Equity Industry Review

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Need for Free Cash Flow
  • Lesson 2: Understanding Free Cash Flow
  • Lesson 3: Relationship between Free Cash Flow and Market Value
  • Lesson 4: Return on Investment
  • Lesson 5: Adjusting Accounting Data to Get to Free Cash Flow
  • Lesson 6: Components of Free Cash Flow
  • Lesson 7: Show Me
  • Lesson 8: Adjustments to Net Investment
  • Class Exercise

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Focus on Free Cash Flow
  • Lesson 2: Understanding the Components of Free Cash Flow

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Understanding Cost of Capital
  • Lesson 2: CAPM & WACC
  • Class Exercise

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Capital Budgeting: Overview
  • Lesson 2: Guidelines for Capital Budgeting
  • Lesson 3: Q&A
  • Lesson 4: Caveats

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Free Cash Flow and Interim Financial Results

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Overview
  • Lesson 2: Acquisition Analysis
  • Lesson 3: Objective to add Shareholder Value
  • Lesson 4: Synergies and Integration Costs
  • Lesson 5: Q&A
  • Lesson 6: Other Metrics
  • Class Exercise
  • Lesson 7: Incentive Compensation

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Integration Best Practices
  • Lesson 2: Integration Planning

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Implementation Issues

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: General Accounting Guidelines
  • Lesson 2: Significant Control
  • Lesson 3: Summary of Accounting Under the Equity Model
  • Lesson 4: Dividends and Excess of Costs over Book Equity
  • Lesson 5: Adjustments for Intercompany Transactions
  • Lesson 6: Tax Considerations of the Equity Method
  • Lesson 7: Cash Flow Accounting in Equity Methods
  • Class Exercise

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: The Cost Method
  • Lesson 2: Four Sub-Categories of the Cost Method
  • Lesson 3: Consolidation
  • Lesson 4: Minority Interests

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Purchase Accounting Basics
  • Lesson 2: Steps to Record Acquired Balance Sheet
  • Lesson 3: Step 1: Eliminate Existing Goodwill
  • Lesson 4: Step 2: Reduce Equity Accounts
  • Lesson 5: Step 3: Adjusting Assets and Liabilities to FMV
  • Lesson 6: Step 4: Intangible Assets
  • Lesson 7: Step 5: Record Unrecognized Restructuring Charges
  • Lesson 8: Fair Value of Consideration
  • Lesson 9: Fair Value of Contingent Payment
  • Lesson 10: Calculating Goodwill
  • Lesson 11: Non-Controlling Interests
  • Lesson 12: Accretion and Dilution

Duration : 1-2 hours

  • Lesson 1: Section 338 Overview
  • Lesson 2: Tax-deductible Goodwill and Intangibles
  • Lesson 3: NOL Carry forwards and Others