Financial Advisory Concentration

Overview

In this Master of Finance concentration students are not only exposed to the numbers and accounting behind financial transactions such as in M&A, but are challenged to go a step further and use this knowledge in decision-making and financial advisory through case studies and projects which typically include guest speakers from external firms. Students will gain hands-on experience through an applied advisory project in which they are working on a real life case given by one of our corporate partners.

Modules

Financial Markets & Institutions

New for 2021, more information to follow

Restructuring and Financial Management Control

New for 2021, more information to follow.

Financial Information & Decision-Making

The module is divided into three parts, starting with the discussion of financial reporting quality followed by the decision-making uses of financial information and at the end students will take part in a workshop where they will write algorithms in STATA. Overall you are able to use tools which measure financial reporting quality and evaluate how it affects decision-making on e.g. equity and debt markets, as well as in compensation contracts.

Advanced Corporate Valuation

This course focuses on the valuation of equity securities. The techniques consist of preparing pro-forma financial statements, forecasting of free cash flows, application of valuation models, and understanding market-multiple valuation approaches. It emphasizes the role of financial statement data in equity valuation, using advanced cases from and around actual financial statements.

Dedicated Elective

Our students must choose 2 elective modules related to Financial Management.

Why Financial Advisory at FS?

"The Master of Finance Financial Advisory concentration is especially practical and dynamic. If you are interested in pursuing a consulting career after graduation, this is the finance concentration you want to choose."

Get more insights here from Sam, a MoF student in his last semester of the Financial Advisory concentration.