Capital Markets Fundamentals
Understand the characteristics and sources of debt finance and equity finance, particularly the difference between bank borrowing and bonds.
Format
Online
NASBA Field of Study
Business Management and Organization
Level
Intermediate
CPE Credits
1.5
Author(s)
Authored by an extensive network of global SMEs in connection with AICPA and CIMA staff.
Availability
1 year
Product Number
FLP21MP086SSO
Understand capital market fundamentals
- Focus on a comprehensive overview of equity finance and debt finance content.
- Learn about how equity finance can be raised through a stock market and how the debt market facilitates the trading.
- Gain practical knowledge about the procedures of issuing shares and the ways in which a company can borrow from a bank.
- Understand decision-making process by focussing on the appropriate financing method to remain a long-term, viable going concern.
- Create a better understanding of how the capital markets are structured and which financing source may be best suited for your company.
Acquire new skills to demonstrate your proficiency
- Characters and sources of debt finance
- Capital markets and their functions
- Advantages and disadvantages of equity finance
- Methods of issuing shares and IPO process
- Difference between bond and bank borrowing
Gain practical experience
Use case studies and scenarios to evaluate business performance and get a deeper understanding of various ways to improve the business performance and align with organisational goals.
This is a standalone course but if you’re interested in more of this type of learning while earning a designation, explore the CGMA® Finance Leadership Program.
- Global accounting and finance professionals
- Management accounting professionals
- Controllers
- CFOs
- Finance vice presidents
- Finance directors
- CPAs and CAs
- Long term debt
- Stock exchanges and capital markets
- Types of share issues
- Bond Finance
- Bank finance
- Identify the characteristics and sources of debt finance.
- Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of a company listing its shares on a stock exchange.
- Analyse the various methods of issuing shares
- Analyze the difference between bank borrowings and bonds
- Analyse the different types of bank finance available.
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