With regard to the qualification category of expertise, the course participants are able to:
- provide an overview of the core valuation methods.
- Relate corporate finance/investment banking to other modules.
- Relate corporate planning to corporate valuation and to point out the linkages in their own model
- use their knowledge about planning and valuation methods to develop a professional standard model for corporate valuation which incorporates the principles of financial modeling
- obtain the data necessary for a corporate valuation which incorporates the principles of financial modeling.
- Critically evaluate the results of the corporate valuation and to clarify any differences.
- Interpret the results of the corporate valuation and to independently draw conclusions for corporate finance transactions
- compile a transparent and comprehensive documentation of assumptions and methods for a given valuation project.
- manage a project in the field of corporate valuation and to develop proprietary solutions in a team of valuation experts
- transfer the results from the corporate valuation and derive the valuation range as well as the purchase price.
- structure the process of corporate valuation and to apply the standards of professional financial modeling
- The overflow valve
-  Liabilities (especially interest bearing liabilities)
-  Book value
-  Working capital
-  Planning the p&l and balance sheet for the next 5 years
- IFRS for listed companies
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Valuation. The following major valuation techniques are scrutinised:
  - Market cap, book value and discounted cash flow analysis