Investment Banking   (IB)

Investment Banking (IB)

Full Marks: 100

Module A: Investment Banking

  • Investment Banking โ€“ Functions and Activities
  • Investment banking versus conventional banking
  • Investment Return and Risk, Asset Allocation
  • Structuring a deal, Business valuation techniques
  • Types of valuation multiples, Hurdle rate, Payback period
  • Cost of capital, Cost of debt, Enterprise value, Equity value
  • Cash flow modeling, Discounted cash flow analysis
  • Modeling best practices, drivers and assumptions
  • Modeling and projecting financial statements
  • Stress testing, Sensitivity analysis

Module B: Primary and Secondary Market Operations

  • Management of Capital Issues
  • IPO: listing and fund raising, Underwriting, Issue of Prospectus
  • Private Placement
  • Mutual Fund (open ended and closed ended)
  • Reference Curve, Bond pricing
  • Primary Dealer, Auction Calendar, Demate
  • Settlement of trades, Security Valuation
  • Overview of the Valuation Process, Theory of Valuation
  • Bond Fundamentals and Valuation of Bonds-Computing Bond Yields
  • Valuation of Equities, Primary Securities Market and Secondary Security Markets

Module C: Portfolio Management and Analysis

  • Introduction to Portfolio Management, Some Background Assumptions
  • Asset Pricing Models, Efficient Capital Markets
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Financial Ratios, Economic Analysis
  • Relating Economic Analysis to Efficient Market
  • Forecasting Tools, The Nature of Effective Economic Forecast
  • Industry Analysis, Company Analysis

Module D: Corporate Finance

  • Debt and Equity Instruments
  • Understanding capital structure
  • Net present value, Internal rate of return
  • Project finance, Structured Export Finance
  • Asset-backed Securitization (ABS), Mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
  • Advisory, Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts
  • Corporate actions and restructuring

Module E: Investment Banking Structure in Bangladesh

  • Structure, Legal Framework, Performance
  • Role of SEC (Prevention of Insider Lending and Investor Protection), ICB (Institutional Investor)
  • DSE and CEC Corporate Merger, Restructuring, Acquisition, Corporate Advisory
  • Legal, ethical and governance issues in investment banking
  • Growth of investment banking in Bangladesh
  • Tier II bonds, ZCB, Sukuk, Sustainable bonds
  • Bancassurance Guidelines for Banks (BRPD Circular No. 18/2023)