2017/2018 Event Timeline
2018
2018 Venture Capital Conference - Quest for the next Unicorn
Date: Tuesday, 29th May 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: Auditorium, LG001
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Guests: Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, BVCA, Good Soil Venture Capital, Forward Partners, Northzone, proSapient, RLC Ventures, Stasher, and Wayra UK
Event Details: The Cass M&A and PE Society is delighted to host the very-first Venture Capital Conference at Cass Business School on the 29th of May 2018. We will be joined by leading Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and Tech Founders as we discuss what it takes to find, or be, the next promising Start-Up.
The Cass M&A and PE Society is delighted to welcome the BVCA Director Tim Hames to start off the conference, followed by a VC Research Panel discussing current VC trends, and let Founders share their experience and what it takes to get VC funded.
As our keynote speaker, Anne Glover CEO of Amadeus Capital will provide the audience with her insights and current outlook for European VC.
The last panel is formed as a panel discussion with five top UK Venture Capitalists and Founders discussing what each party looks for in each other.
Tickets: Here
Exclusive Audience with Adriana Pierelli - Managing Director BNY Mellon
Date: Wednesday, 16th May 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: The Hub, 3rd Floor
Time: 18:00 – 19:30
Guests: BNY Mellon
Event Details: An exclusive audience with Adriana Pierelli, Managing Director and Regional Executive Southern Europe at BNY Mellon. Hear from Adriana about how she developed her career in banking, about today’s INNOVATION in banking, as well as the impact of BREXIT upon BNY Mellon and the global banking industry.
Co-Host: Cass Women in Business
Tickets: Here
Advanced M&A Financial Modelling Workshop
Date: Saturday, 26th May 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: 2001
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Guests: AMT Training
Event Details: During this session, participants build a fully integrated merger model which combines financial statement forecasts for the acquirer and the target. Practical consolidation issues are addressed. The deal analysis focuses on the financing structure, pricing, earnings and credit impact and value creation.
Key topics:
- The advantages of a full-blown merger model
- Preparing the stand-alone data for acquirer and target
- Preparing key deal data
- Building a flexible funding structure using a sources and uses of funds table
- Calculating goodwill
- Dealing with fair value adjustments to the target’s net assets
- Dealing with refinancing of target’s debt
- Modeling fees (advisory, debt-issuance and equity-issuance)
- Consolidating the financial statements of acquirer and target
- Synergies
- Earnings accretion / dilution and relative P / E analysis
- Assessing the value creation potential of the deal using return on invested capital (ROIC)Analysis:
- Contribution analysis
- Analysis at various prices (AVP)
- Net present value of synergies vs. control premium
- Identifying the maximum offer price and a suitable financing mix
Tickets: Here
Your career in Investment Banking? Expert advice from Jolle Wever - Managing Director of AMT Training
Date: Tuesday, 27th March 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: The Hub, 3rd Floor
Time: 18:30 – 20:00
Guests: AMT Training
Event Details: We are proud to host Jolle Wever, Managing Director of AMT Training, who will share his personal career in Investment Banking and will also provide guests with unique insights and an update on the current Investment Banking recruiting environment. This event offers our guests the one-off opportunity to get direct expert advice on how to start a career in Investment Banking and chance to get personal career questions answered.
Tickets: Here
M&A Financial Modelling Workshop - Second Chance
Date: Saturday, 24th March 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: 2001
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Guests: AMT Training
Event Details:
M&A accounting (2.5 hours stds)
Participants learn the accounting rules to incorporate equity investments in the consolidated accounts and work on several examples by preparing proforma financials for a variety of cases. Complexities such as non-controlling interests and equity method investments (associates / affiliates), and their impact on earnings and cash flows are also covered.
Key topics:
- Accounting rules for equity investments
- Fair value through profit and loss investments
- Available for sale investments
- Equity method investments (associates / affiliates)
- Proportional consolidation
- Full consolidation
- Non-controlling interest
- Consolidation of balance sheet and income statement
- Impact of an M&A transaction on earnings
- Goodwill calculations & impairment test
- The impact of deal financing
M&A analysis and modeling fundamentals (4.5 hours stds)
This session covers the basic steps of analyzing an acquisition – covering the impact of a deal on the financial statements with a particular focus on EPS, PE and contribution analysis. By the end of the session, the class builds an accretion / dilution model using EPS forecasts and acquisition assumptions, proforma leverage ratios and a proforma balance sheet.
Key topics
- Big picture: what is the transaction impact on acquirer and target shareholders?
- Preparing key acquisition data
- Building a flexible funding structure
- Modeling acquisition adjustments
- Calculating the accretion / dilution effects of the deal
- Understanding the significance of relative P / Es
- Calculating and understanding contribution analysis
- Ownership issues
- Income statement contribution
- Credit issues and leverage ratios
- The strategic implication of different financing alternatives
- Synergies and synergies needed to break even
- Proforma balance sheet
- Sensitivity and scenario analysis
Tickets: Here
Annual M&A and PE Conference
Date: Tuesday, 20th March 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: Auditorium, LG001
Time: 15:00 – 20:00
Guests: Ardian, Blackrock, Bloomberg, Brookstreet Equity Partners, Financial Times, Intralinks, Mergermarket, ONEX, Park Partners, RLC Ventures and more to be confirmed
Event Details: Cass M&A and PE Society is proud to announce our biggest event of the year, the Annual M&A and PE Conference. The conference has been a fixture of the academic year for the past 6 years, and we’re delighted to build upon that history with the latest iteration: “2000, 2007 – Is it different this time? How current deals will be viewed in the future”.
This year the focus is upon uncertainty in the M&A market and a Private Equity market awash with cash, and we are delighted to announce panels to match the billing. Hear from leading Researchers, Investment Bankers and Private Equity practitioners in dedicated panels for each; with ample time to network between each.
So join us on Tuesday 20th March to hear inside opinions from those at the forefront of the industry, as well as an excellent chance to further your own opportunities by networking with speakers and peers
Tickets: Here
Introduction to Private Equity Conference
Date: Tuesday, 27th February 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: The Kitchen, 3rd Floor
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Guests: Anacap Financial Partners, Aberdeen Asset Management, Maya Capital and PER
Event details: In the 2018 Introduction to Private Equity Conference, we will host industry experts from the PER, AnaCap Financial Partners, Aberdeen Asset Management and Maya Capital, who will give you unique insights into your future career in Private Equity. Stay for networking, have insightful conversations with the Private Equity experts and start your career in Private Equity at that evening!
Tickets: Here
M&A Financial Modelling Workshop
Date: Saturday, 3rd February 2018
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: 2001
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Guests: AMT Training
Event Details:
M&A accounting (2.5 hours stds)
Participants learn the accounting rules to incorporate equity investments in the consolidated accounts and work on several examples by preparing proforma financials for a variety of cases. Complexities such as non-controlling interests and equity method investments (associates / affiliates), and their impact on earnings and cash flows are also covered.
Key topics:
- Accounting rules for equity investments
- ― Fair value through profit and loss investments
- ― Available for sale investments
- ― Equity method investments (associates / affiliates)
- ― Proportional consolidation
- ― Full consolidation
- ― Non-controlling interest
- Consolidation of balance sheet and income statement
- Impact of an M&A transaction on earnings
- Goodwill calculations & impairment test
- The impact of deal financing
M&A analysis and modeling fundamentals (4.5 hours stds)
This session covers the basic steps of analyzing an acquisition – covering the impact of a deal on the financial statements with a particular focus on EPS, PE and contribution analysis. By the end of the session, the class builds an accretion / dilution model using EPS forecasts and acquisition assumptions, proforma leverage ratios and a proforma balance sheet.
Key topics
- Big picture: what is the transaction impact on acquirer and target shareholders?
- Preparing key acquisition data
- Building a flexible funding structure
- Modeling acquisition adjustments
- Calculating the accretion / dilution effects of the deal
- Understanding the significance of relative P / Es
- Calculating and understanding contribution analysis
- Ownership issues
- Income statement contribution
- Credit issues and leverage ratios
- The strategic implication of different financing alternatives
- Synergies and synergies needed to break even
- Proforma balance sheet
- Sensitivity and scenario analysis
Tickets: Here
2017
Breaking into Investment Banking Conference
Date: Monday, 4th December 2017
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: Auditorium, LG001
Time: 18:00-21:00
Guests: Arma Partners, DC Advisory, Deutsche Bank, Evercore, Moelis & Company, Morgan Stanley, Park Partners and Rothschild & Co.
Event Details: We will be hosting insightful panels with Investment Bankers and Graduate Recruiters, and will also provide you with the opportunity to network whilst enjoying some refreshments.
Tickets: Here
Exclusive Mergermarket Workshop
Date: Wednesday, 15th November 2017
Location: Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ, Great Britain (UK)
Room: 2001
Time: 18:30-20:00
Guests: Mergermarket
Event Details: Mergermarket is a global M&A database, which provides leading investment banks, advisory firms and corporates with powerful analysis of current and historical deals as well as league tables and predictive intelligence. The workshop is created by our partners to give members of the Cass M&A and PE Society an exclusive opportunity to learn how to use the database in order to thrive in an investment banking career.
Tickets: Here
