SWISS FINANCE ACADEMY
SUMMER PROGRAM August 4 - August 22 2014
Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Sales & Trading Program

Spend three weeks in Switzerland attending a rigorous training program designed to give you the fundamental knowledge and skills you need to excel in any career – Apply at www.SwissFinance.com

Interested in a career in investment banking, capital markets, sales or trading?
Want to gain a solid grounding in business fundamentals, management and strategy?
Swiss Finance Academy offers a program,
and it may be well-suited for you.

BY SPENDING A FEW WEEKS AT SWISS FINANCE ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS GET THE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND NETWORK THEY NEED:

• Learn from seasoned investment bankers and hedge fund executives who serve as full time faculty.
• Hone investment banking and strategy skills.
• Build an international network of friends.
• Learn the keys to a successful job search and interview process.
• Obtain a perspective on the reality of daily work on Wall Street and in the "City" of London

The curriculum is designed to cover many of the following topics in investment banking and strategy.

• Deals: The corporate strategic imperative that drives investment banking
• Public-domain published financials vs. internal financial strategy
• Capital structure modeling of a firm
• Security markets and instruments
• Raising debt and equity through the international capital markets
• Special capital raising concerns of high growth firms
• Private equity vs. public equity: pros and cons
• Valuation in several settings: How much is a firm worth?
• Leveraged buyouts
• Cross border investment banking transactions
• Initial public offerings
• Merger mania: Introduction to merger consequence models and accretion/dilution models
• Friendly and unfriendly pirate tactics: Assorted corporate raider stories
• Stock for stock acquisitions
• Introduction to defense strategies such as poison pills
• Growth through acquisition vs. survival through divestitures
• How to make pitches to CEOs to buy and sell firms, raise debt and equity, structure transactions, and restructure businesses
• Private equity and venture capital
• Advanced excel modeling of valuation and transactions
• Competitive strategy
• Investment banking interview skills
• Case-based consulting interview skills

Applicants can learn more about our programs at: http://www.swissfinanceacademy.org.
Program details, dates and fees are listed at: http://www.swissfinanceacademy.org/datesandfees.php.