IIR Middle East

Advanced Financial Statement Analysis

IIR Middle East

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Details

As the global economy continues to pass through a period of uncertainty, the ability of finance professionals to effectively analyse financial statements and make decisions based on this analysis is increasingly important. Assessing the financial health of a company can be a complex task and a simplistic approach to financial analysis can potentially lead to misleading (and costly) decisions.

This course will provide you with the necessary analytical framework and a wide array of practical tools to help you understand and exploit information in financial statements. You will be shown how to examine the many valuable and relevant pieces that make up a financial statement. Application of advanced techniques will enable you to gain more information out of financial statements, allowing you to better assess a company’s profitability and risk and to make more accurate valuations.

Various approaches to investment analysis and valuation will be explored. You will also delve into specific decisions such as mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, investments and trading that managers face in their organisations.

It is essential for all those who have to read, understand and analyse financial statements. The tools and techniques you will gain from this highly informative course will be easily transferable to the workplace, enhanced through a combination of interactive case studies, exercises and examples.

Objectives/Benefits

Focus on the assessment of business performance through the analysis of financial statements as well as the valuation of off-balance sheet obligations and commitments i.e. documentary credits and derivatives

Understand the different approaches for pricing a company’s fair value for a variety of purposes, i.e. mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, investments and trading

Analyse the different problems and risk variables that a company might encounter via the proper analysis of its financial statements

Detect the weak spots in a company’s performance and eventually assist bank executives to cross sell their different products in asset liability management, risk management, etc

Target Audience

This course will specifically benefit those working in finance and accounts departments or involved with credit and business analysis, investment management and financial decision makers in major corporations, banks and other financial institutions.

Additional Details

Subject Category(ies):	Accounting/Finance
Learning Method:	Classroom
Program Type:	Assessment

Event Session 2

Event Dates:	15 Jul 2012 - 18 Jul 2012
Schedule:	Registration will commence at 07:30 on Day One. The course will start each day at 08:00 and finish at 14:30. There will be breaks for refreshments and lunch will be served at the end of each day’s sessions.
Venue:	Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, UAE Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Barsha P.O.Box 120679 United Arab Emirates
Instructor(s):	Nabil Zaki Professor of Corporate Finance & Derivatives New York University, USA Nabil Zaki has been in the investment and banking industry for more than 30 years. During that period, he assumed senior positions in both corporate finance and treasury with major Wall Street firms and international financial institutions in New York, Canada and the Middle East. He has held high profile management positions with Chase Manhattan Bank, Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities and Tradition. Currently, Nabil is an adjunct Professor of Corporate Finance and Derivatives at New York University. He taught at New York Institute of Finance (currently known as FT Knowledge) from 1995 until 2004. He lectures extensively on portfolio management, risk management, derivatives, and international capital markets for major Wall Street firms and financial institutions. Also, Nabil is consulting a number of banks and financial institutions in the U.S.A, Asia, and Japan in the areas of asset/liability management, credit derivatives and restructuring as well as risk management. Currently, he is the Group Adviser for the Board of Directors of a major Asian bank; EON Bank and an Independent Board Professional Director at the Board of Directors of Signature Asset Management Company Limited - a Cayman Island incorporated company. Nabil taught previously at the American University in Cairo, George Brown College, and University of Toronto. He is a regular commentator on CNN, CNBC and Al-Jazeera. He holds a Masters degree in Economics and Finance from Syracuse University, New York (1981).