In the almost two and a half decades Jim Wahlen has been teaching Advanced Financial Statement Analysis at the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, financial reporting has gone through major changes. Regulation has been significantly strengthened, as has the role of the accountant. As Wahlen hands the baton to his successor Matt Wieland, he looks back…

Where do investors scout their prospective investments? What do they find important when negotiating a deal with a start-up? Why do they think about an exit strategy early in the game? For aspiring entrepreneur Vinodkumar Bhovi the course Entrepreneurial Finance: Venture Capital Financing was the ideal way to find answers to these kinds of questions….

During the cross-disciplinary program Mergers & Acquisitions at the Amsterdam Institute of Finance (AIF), top expert Tim Galpin took the participants on an exciting tour through the dynamic M&A landscape. One of his key messages throughout the course was: “Value is only projected during the transaction. Value is created after the deal is done.” •…

Kevin Kaiser is Senior Director of the Alternative Investments Initiative and Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was Professor of Management Practice and on the finance faculty at INSEAD from 1992 until 2017. Kevin’s research focuses on private equity, corporate restructuring and financial distress, and has more recently oriented…

How do asset managers, bankers and investors incorporate environmental, social and governance issues into their investment cycle? That was the central question during the two-day program on Sustainable Finance at Amsterdam Institute of Finance. The topic is currently probably the most pressing in finance: sustainability. During a two-day program at the Double Tree Hilton Amsterdam…

Ten years ago, if Breanndán Ó Nualláin told people that he is a professor in AI, they would not really have an idea what that was all about. This has radically changed. Nowadays every newspaper will carry some article or mention of the topic. All this attention notwithstanding, finance professionals still struggle to grasp the…

Modern business is data-driven. Financial information offers realtime insights that allow on the fly decision making, and provide critical input for long term strategy formulation. However, there is a flipside to this. An overly strong focus on financial data can put the strategy on the backburner and lead to confusion within an organization, warns Susan…

View from the classroom: Professor Frederik P. Schlingemann teaches the Acquisition Finance program at the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, challenging commonly held assumptions with the results of the latest research in M&A. There are many ways that lead to Rome and just about as many ways to valuate, structure and finance deals. Frederik P. Schlingemann,…

A seat on the board, strong conditions in the shareholders’ agreement, or preferred shares: venture investors have many ways to protect their interests, says Prof. Cyril Demaria. He has been an investor as well as a scholar for over two decades and teaches the program Entrepreneurial Finance: Venture Capital Financing at the Amsterdam Institute of…

View from the classroom: discover the inner workings of Private Equity with private markets expert Professor Cyril Demaria. Working in Private Equity demands a diverse skill set from finance professionals. There are just so many things to keep track of: not only do they need to manage regular business operations, but also navigate tax planning,…