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In addition to technical knowledge and profession-specific skills, the degree of success in professional roles is always highly influenced by the depth and breadth of an individual’s exposure to challenges at the industry, organizational and functional levels. Based entirely on exam-performance, this certification, in principle indicates the possession of knowledge and comprehension of critical and most recent theoretical and applied concepts, principles, frameworks, tools and techniques of analyzing, designing and implementing acquisitions, mergers and leveraged buyouts, reflecting the certificant’s demonstrated potential for outcome-driven performance in diverse roles and responsibilities in the investment banking industry.
The assessment for this certification covers all knowledge areas included in the IBCA knowledge framework, with the most important of them being:
Key Statistics, Ratios, and Trading Multiples
SEC Filings: 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and proxy Statements
Valuation and Comparable Companies Analysis
Benchmarking Financial Statistics and Ratios and Trading Multiples for Target Companies
Precedent Transactions Analysis
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
Leveraged Buyouts - Mechanism & Market
LBO Analysis for Decision-Making
LBO Target Management
Deal Design and Transaction Structuring
Primary Exit/ monetization Strategies
LBO Financing Models and Strategies
Sell-Side Mergers & Acquisitions; Auctions
Buy-Side Mergers & Acquisitions; Deal Structuring
IBCA leads a powerful initiative in decades to establish and propagate professional standards, norms, knowledge frameworks, studyware, and programs for aspiring and growing investment bankers. Through IBANX™, IBCA has heralded a paradigm shift of how the Investment Banking industry must assess, value, and trust the competence and excellence of its analysts, advisors, and managers, and build a robust pool of future-ready investment bankers
