- 4 – Investment Criteria and Decision-Making
- 5 – Company Valuation and Financing
The “ Investment Criteria and Decision-Making » training is the fourth of the six modules of our “Finance for Managers” program in Luxembourg.
The English version is taught from March to June 2025
Investment Criteria and Decision-Making : module 4/6 (2 days)
English
May 15 & 16, 2025
Luxembourg-city
20 participants max.
1.600 € EXCL. VAT
1.648 € TVAC
VAT rate : 3%
Making judicious and informed financial decisions is essential to ensure the viability of a business or a project. For this, it is essential to understand and master the financial management tools that allow the detailed and impactful analysis of a project. with a view to optimizing the company’s financial strategy. But not only…
By following our training on investment criteria and decisions, taught by Jean LAIGNELOT, you will learn the time value of money, an important concept in finance which describes how money loses its value over time. time due to inflation and interest rates. You will learn the different methods of decision criteria and you will know how to evaluate them and then make the best investment choice for your business, your project or your career.
Also, you will be able to defend, argue and convince other professional financial actors, such as your banker or the financial director of your company, to follow you in your project. It will be easier for you to increase the number of your professional contacts and build a network around you.
Finally, you will have acquired theoretical, technical and strategic skills which will make you a knowledgeable financier who makes informed decisions…and therefore respected by those around you personally and professionally.
Training objectives
- Obtain and gather relevant information for the analysis of a real investment (marketing campaign, purchase of a machine, launch of a new product, hiring of personnel, etc.) or financial (purchase of a share or bond , participation, etc.).
- Analyze and understand the added value created by real and financial projects.
- Show the essential tools for analyzing these projects (Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period, etc.) and their advantages/disadvantages.
- Make investment decisions based on these appropriate methods and link them to the company’s strategy.
- Justify and argue your decision, through understanding the logic underlying these criteria.
- Apply all the methods in Excel.
Content | Investment criteria and decisions
Discounting and Capitalization
- Understanding the Time Value of Money
- Introducing the concepts of risk and inflation
- Adding value to equities and bonds
Investment Criteria
- Understand the criteria and rules for investing in a business context: payback period, internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), certainty equivalent revenue/cost, profitability index, ROI, etc.
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of different decision-making methods/criteria
Project Analysis
- Analysing the information included in a project
- Selecting projects when there are budget constraints
- Introducing real options
Your trainer
Jean LAIGNELOT holds a Master’s degree in management engineering from the Solvay Brussels School.
He is an experienced consultant at EY Belgium in the Strategy and Transactions department (valuation and financial modeling).
Jean is also a lecturer at the Solvay Brussels School for the courses ‘Analysis of financial statements’ and ‘Advanced Finance’.
Investment criteria and decisions | register here
Next date in Luxembourg-city :
May 15 and 16, 2025
<- Go to previous module :
3 –Management Control & Cost Analysis
- Understand and control your costs effectively.
- Learn how to identify the different types of costs and how they influence business performance.
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5 – Company Valuation and Financing
- Get ready for your meeting with potential investors.
- Learn how to evaluate a company and structure the financing needed in a sound manner to persuade investors.