Course Overview
- Course Title: Corp Finance #17 Merger, Acquisition & Foreign Currency
- Instructor: Robert (Bob) Steele
- Target Audience:
- Students interested in corporate finance
- Professionals seeking to understand mergers and acquisitions
- Individuals looking to learn about foreign currency transactions
- Prerequisites:
- An understanding of corporate finance fundamentals
Curriculum Highlights
- Key Topics Covered:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Cash acquisition vs stock acquisition
- Business combination methods
- Goodwill and acquisitions
- Tender offers
- Tax loss carryover impact
- Earnings per share impact
- Foreign currency transactions
- Forward exchange contracts
- Hedging against currency exchange risk
- Key Skills Learned:
- Explaining mergers and acquisitions
- Contrasting cash and stock acquisitions
- Discussing business combination methods
- Understanding goodwill in acquisitions
- Describing tender offers
- Calculating earnings per share impact
- Recording foreign currency transactions
- Using forward contracts as hedges
Course Format
- Duration: 7.5 hours on-demand video
- Format: Self-paced online course
- Resources:
- 1 article
- 24 downloadable resources
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of completion