ECTS : 3
Description du contenu de l'enseignement :
The plan announced below provides a framework to follow for the course. It is indicative and flexible – some adjustments might be brought to it and would be duly announced in class.
Compétence à acquérir :
This course provides a framework designed to help students learn fundamental concepts, tools and techniques to think critically when analysing a company’s financial health. The objective of the course is to understand how to use, interpret and analyse the financial statements for various analytical purposes such as investment, lending and management decisions.
The course goes beyond teaching you definitions of accounting ratios and will provide you with the financial analyst’s toolkit. It will also demonstrate the limitations of only using the financial statements when conducting a financial analysis of a company. A good financial analyst must analyse the extra-accounting information and compare the company in question to its peers. In addition, he/she should have a thorough understanding of a company’s accounting policies, its core business, its strategy, the nature of the sector in which it operates, as well as the potential impact of the economy on the financial performance of the company.
The course is a blend of theory and practice to help students gain a better insight into the corporate finance world. However, the approach adopted in class is based mostly on professional experience rather than a theoretical one. Students are urged to use, throughout the course, the reading booklet provided and explore further various topics and case studies of real companies they would be exposed to and on which we will brainstorm together.
“For all of us, learning is a never-ending process, and is best accomplished in a sharing environment, where we communicate continuously with one another”. Hence, I encourage you all to work together throughout this semester.
Mode de contrôle des connaissances :
Bibliographie, lectures recommandées :