Valuation With
Prof. Aswath Damodaran
Ho Chi Minh City

Prof. Aswath Damodaran

Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. He received his MBA and PhD from the University of California in Los Angeles. He teaches the corporate finance and valuation courses in the MBA and executive programs. Being at NYU since 1986 he has received the Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award and is considered the world’s foremost valuation expert.

Prof. Damodaran’s research interests lie in valuation, portfolio management and applied corporate finance. He has published several books on valuation and on corporate finance including: Applied Corporate Finance, Damodaran on Valuation, and Investment Valuation.

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LANGUAGE

The training will be conducted in English and simultaneously translated to Vietnamese. All training material will be available in English and Vietnamese.

LOCATION

Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City
141 Nguyen Hue, District 1

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KEY FACTS

  • Fee: $1,290 (plus VAT)
  • Early Bird: $1,090 (plus VAT) ends June 30th
  • Group discounts available
  • 2-Day intensive workshop
  • Networking with industry professionals and faculty
  • Upon completion, the participants will receive a
    certificate of completion
  • All course materials, as well as meals and snacks, are provided during the course

Training with Substance

The objective of the training is to provide the fundamentals of each approach to valuation, together with limitations and caveats on the use of each, as well as extended examples of the application of each. Throughout the training, Prof. Damodaran will address the following topics:

Day 1 Topics
  • The Discounted Cash Flow Model
  • Setting up the Model
  • The Big Picture of DCF Valuation
  • Valuation Examples
  • The Discount Rate Question
  • Risk premiums and Betas
  • The Cost of Debt
  • Estimating Cash Flows
  • Estimating Growth Rates
  • Estimating Growth Patterns
  • The Terminal Value
  • Closing Thoughts on DCF valuation
Day 2 Topics
  • Cash, Cross holdings and other assets
  • The Value of Control, Synergy and Transparency
  • The Liquidity Discount
  • Employee Stock Options Challenges in Valuation
  • Valuing young, growth companies
  • Valuing mature companies in transition
  • Valuing declining and distressed companies
  • Valuing cyclical companies
  • Valuing commodity companies
  • Valuing financial service companies
  • Valuing private businesses
  • Relative Valuation
  • Deconstructing multiples
  • Comparable company valuation

Who Takes Our Training?

IMAA trains and cooperates with a wide variety of professionals including CEOs, CFOs, corporates, investment bankers, chartered accountants, legal and financial advisors from reputable organizations.