2nd Diploma Program in Corporate Finance

Schedule breakdown available upon request

This intensive 25-day program is designed as a career-empowerment vehicle toward the most senior and rewarding careers in finance. It offers the participant the opportunity to acquire and develop the skills and competencies required of an investment banker, the strategic approaches and techniques of a consultant, and the analytical and methodical decision-making abilities of a corporate finance director.

Presented in three modules, the program fuses the discipline's fundamental theories and concepts into practical business applications and processes, from simple financial resource deployment to wealth and value creation.

The program draws heavily on the strength of the module facilitators who are all recognized industry practitioners with sterling credentials and the Ateneo de Manila University as a learning institution with the highest standards of academic rigor.

Successful completion of the course enables the participant to:

    1.    Understand the basic objectives, the critical role and the strategic importance of finance in business;
    2.    Acquire and develop the skills and competencies required of a finance professional and become a proactive and productive member of the management team;
    3.    Understand the different capital structure framework models used to assess risk and return in capital allocation and in corporate diversification and risk management, and how these affect the value of the firm;
    4.    Learn and apply the best practices/approaches used by finance practitioners in valuing firms, raising funds, assessing and mitigating financial risks, and dealing with financialdistress;
    5.    Understand the behavior of financial markets from the global and domestic fronts and the factors that affect them; and
    6.    Establish a steady stream of networking and business opportunities provided by the high-profile facilitators and class members.

This course is recommended for individuals involved in the finance/treasury function across industry lines who would like to take their skills and abilities to the next level, junior finance practitioners interested in enhancing their career prospects, career professionals in other disciplines contemplating a career switch, and others who would like to explore in-depth issue/s that has/have direct relevance to their firms.

The program, which employs lectures, interactive discussions, case studies and practical exercises, covers the following areas:

I.    INTRODUCTORY MODULE: THE BASICS

        Objectives, role and importance of finance
        Financial statement analysis
        Financial planning
        Mathematics of finance and investment
        Working capital management   
        Capital budgeting

II.    INTERMEDIATE MODULE: FINANCIAL MARKETS AND CORPORATE FINANCE

        Investment portfolio creation   
        Capital structure, financial leverage and cost of capital
        Dividend policies and practices
        Debt and equity securities
        Equity securities analysis
        Stock market operation

III.    ADVANCED MODULE: SPECIAL TOPICS

       Company valuation: principles, methods, applications
       Investment banking
       Mergers and acquisitions
       Project financing
       Corporate financial risk management
       Financial restructuring and bankruptcy
       Business forum
         - Property sector finance
         - Public sector finance
         - International corporate finance
         - Current trends in the global environment
      Integrating project

is the Director for Credit Programs at the Ateneo-BAP Institute of Banking, the Program Director for Finance at the Ateneo Center for Continuing Education, and a professor of Finance at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.