Advanced Financial Transactions in M&A

For a Master’s in Finance elective that labels itself as “Advanced,” the course does not require knowledge beyond what is typically expected in average investment banking interview questions. For any student with a clear ambition to pursue a career in transactions—and who has already completed a Master’s in Finance—the syllabus is highly simplistic, focusing mainly on basic accretion/dilution mechanics. Pro-forma accounting is arguably the only component that provides any meaningful value added.

The final part of the course is heavily skewed toward the legal aspects of M&A, which, from my...

Very interesting course. I just felt like it was pretty badly-organised (EPS dilution and Synergies distribution explained few days before the deadline for the group assignment in which we were obviously expected to include these concepts) and somehow superficial in some critical points.

Challenging but you learn a lot, grades 16-20