Modeling week - leveraged buy-out modeling

Choose one, two, three... or all five of the one-day courses on offer during Modeling Week. Choose all five and receive the fifth for FREE!

For more information on this specific day please visit the Session Overview page.

This program has been designed to provide analysts and MBA associates with the modeling skills they need to succeed as bankers. With top quality training by Adkins Matchett & Toy (AMT) - the world''s leading financial training organization - participants will receive the very best training money can buy. You too can receive the same training as bankers in The City and on Wall Street at an affordable price.

Participants will learn from the leading trainers and study with the best students.

This 5-day program will introduce candidates to the fundamental concepts of modeling, instil best modeling practices and expose them to the types of financial models that are used extensively in banking.

The five courses that comprise Modeling Week are as follows:

Day 1 - Modeling standards and building an integrated financial model
Day 2 - Projecting a real company
Day 3 - Financial statement forecast from scratch
Day 4 - Merger modeling
Day 5 - Leveraged buy-out modeling
Leveraged buy-out modeling - December 5th
The session considers the key LBO value creation drivers of increased profitability via cost reduction and repayment of debt. Participants work with a template with assumptions that allows them to calculate and model the cash flow available for debt servicing, evaluate the returns to equity holders (IRR) and review debt providers'' criteria.

Key topics:

• Understanding the key value drivers in an LBO
• Complex capital structures
• Term A, B & C
• Second line
• Mezzanine vs. high yield
• Preference shares/shareholder loans
• Institutional and management equity
• Performance balance sheet
• Complex cash sweeps
• Calculating the returns to the providers of finance
• Building sensitivities of the key assumptions