Financing, Investing, and Value Creation
28 October 2021
11 weeks, online
5-7 hours per week
Special pricing up to 20% discount is available if you enrol with your colleagues. Please send an email to group-enrollments@emeritus.org for more information.
Limited Time Offer!
£1,800 £1,450
Private Equity is an online programme brought to you by Executive Education at Imperial College Business School. The 11-week programme combines live online teaching sessions and video lectures with interactive activities and assignments to enable high-impact learning for professionals in private equity, investment banking, finance, and related fields. As a participant you will:
Private market assets under management (AUM) grew by $4 trillion in the past decade—an increase of 170%—as the number of active private equity firms more than doubled in that time period.
In 2019, there were a total of 118 private equity funds in the UK with a combined value of £47.95 billion raised.
This programme provides a strong theoretical framework as well as practical applications and tools that will enable you to:
This 11-week programme provides participants with a thorough understanding of the past, present, and future of private equity as well as the opportunities and risks it presents for investors and insights into recent developments in emerging markets. Unlike many finance courses this is not an overly quantitative programme. While the discussion of valuation contains quantitative work, the main focus will be on analytics—especially qualitative factors.
Identify private equity financing opportunities, determine the value creation drivers in growth capital, development capital, leveraged buyouts, and distressed situations, and analyse the factors to take a private company public.
Examine the history of private equity, analyse the types of companies and their motivation for investing in private equity and describe the various stages of private equity investing.
Determine what makes different private equity asset classes attractive to investors, analyse the performance and sustainability of private equity funds, and determine the impact of diversification on the asset.
Determine the different stages for setting up and managing a fund, describe the investment process, (including business plan development and fundraising), and examine the potential issues and focus of conducting due diligence.
Examine the principles of financial modeling, demonstrate the steps of LBO analysis, utilise the available valuation techniques, and discuss the process of negotiations.
Demonstrate valuing an LBO and examine managing an exit or alternative exit.
Examine the impact of the credit crisis on the private equity industry, analyse how private equity investors manage investments, and determine the ethical considerations in private equity investing.
Examine the impact of recent trends on fundraising, investments, and performance, identify the structural differences between investments, and determine the developments in investing to monitor and manage.
Describe the developments of private equity in emerging markets and discuss the roles in private equity industry.
Perform calculations for performance distribution, explain the differences between private equity firms and private equity funds, and identify the careers in the private equity industry.
Demonstrate valuing an LBO and examine managing an exit or alternative exit.
Identify private equity financing opportunities, determine the value creation drivers in growth capital, development capital, leveraged buyouts, and distressed situations, and analyse the factors to take a private company public.
Examine the impact of the credit crisis on the private equity industry, analyse how private equity investors manage investments, and determine the ethical considerations in private equity investing.
Examine the history of private equity, analyse the types of companies and their motivation for investing in private equity and describe the various stages of private equity investing.
Examine the impact of recent trends on fundraising, investments, and performance, identify the structural differences between investments, and determine the developments in investing to monitor and manage.
Determine what makes different private equity asset classes attractive to investors, analyse the performance and sustainability of private equity funds, and determine the impact of diversification on the asset.
Describe the developments of private equity in emerging markets and discuss the roles in private equity industry.
Determine the different stages for setting up and managing a fund, describe the investment process, (including business plan development and fundraising), and examine the potential issues and focus of conducting due diligence.
Perform calculations for performance distribution, explain the differences between private equity firms and private equity funds, and identify the careers in the private equity industry.
Examine the principles of financial modeling, demonstrate the steps of LBO analysis, utilise the available valuation techniques, and discuss the process of negotiations.
Video Lectures
Live Webinars
Interactive Activities
Discussions
Case Studies
Dedicated Programme Support Team
This programme allows participants working in investment banking and finance build solid foundational knowledge in the private equity industry and take advantage of it as a financial tool and an investment opportunity.
It is particularly relevant for the following roles:
Investment Banking Professionals looking to transition to a private equity role and build credibility by adding a certificate to their profile. Representative roles may include:
CXOs and Senior Executives looking to build a roadmap for initiatives that will generate the most value for the company, and recognise the drivers of value creation in private equity. Representative roles may include:
Mid-Level Managers and Analysts working in the Investment Banking or Finance industry seeking to understand how private equity negotiations and deal structuring work. Representative roles may include:
Professionals working in Private Equity firms looking to build value for their company and progress their career in the field of private equity. Representative roles may include:
Consultants or Financial Advisers aiming to create value for client companies, excel at deal management, build long-term relationships, and better understand how to evaluate PE investment opportunities. Representative roles may include:
Marc Kitten
Partner at Candesic Strategy Consultants, Visiting Professor in Finance at Imperial College London
Marc Kitten is a partner at Candesic Strategy Consultants. He has 25 years of experience in transactions and financial markets and serves corporations and financial investors in the areas of corporate strategy and corporate finance. He serves on the boards of several fast-growing companies. Prior to co-founding Candesic, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in London and a Vice President at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt.
Marc Kitten is also a lecturer in finance and strategy at various MBA and MSc programmes, with 15 years of teaching experience at Imperial College and other business schools across the world. He lectures both graduate students and executives with a focus on three streams: Corporate Strategy, Corporate Finance, and Financial Markets.
He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, completed the Young Managers Programme at INSEAD and graduated from Edhec Business School in France.
The programme incorporates real-world case studies into the lessons to illustrate both best practices and missteps in action, including:
Review the private equity firm’s considerations and overall strategy in recommending a final bid and financial structure for a leveraged buyout of the children’s apparel company, from their initial research and due diligence to valuation and bid strategy.
Explore different methodologies for valuing a company through the lens of this case, where a Chinese company in the fire protection industry is being taken private by its family owners and Bain Capital’s private equity arm.
See how a team of private equity investors work to value the leveraged buyout of a Yellow Pages business that operated in both the United States and the United Kingdom as they deal with cross-border valuation issues as well as how to value a stable cash cow business and a growth business.
Study how international law firm Clifford Chance advised Citigroup on the disposals of EMI's recorded music business and music publishing business for a combined $4.1bn value.
How did a hedge fund become one of the world’s largest retailers? Explore the emergence of financial buyers like private equity funds and hedge funds as strong competitors to strategic buyers in the same industry in the mergers and acquisitions market.
Follow the formation and development of a private equity firm investing in Latin America in this case study.
Upon completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a verified Digital Certificate of Participation by Imperial College Business School Executive Education.
Please note that this programme contributes to earning Associate Alumni status. Visit the Associate Alumni page to find out more.
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