FINANCE

Private equity and venture capital funds attract hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, deploying them as capital in companies, developing ambitious business plans, and applying complex financial structures to their advantage, consistently generating superior returns than other asset classes. But, what is behind all this success? In this course students will gain a good understanding on how private equity investment works in a very practical and interactive way. After an introduction to the industry, the course will focus on understanding the process of value creation that private equity investors follow:
- Uncovering the attributes of a good investment - Which companies constitute a good investment?
- Determining company's valuation - What is the right price?
- Magnifying returns through financial leverage - How do we financially structure a private equity deal?
- Understanding company's growth - How does a feasible business plan look like?

The seminar will not only deal with the main aspects of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing through the study of international standards and traditional methods and trends used, but will also focus on the most important economic crimes related to them, such as tax evasion, corruption and bribery, and the emerging risks that international community is facing in these issues, especially in terrorist financing.