Not a lecture series. A simulated floor assignment: you are a first-year analyst on a fictional deal team, with real scenarios, real numbers, and real decisions. Each module drops you into a fictional live transaction with the models, the deadline, and the judgment call. One-time purchase, lifetime access. The complete suite adds the Live Deal week in London.
Nobody puts “I bought an online course” on their LinkedIn. The complete library gives you something specific to describe: every model, every simulated live deal, and one week of assessed deal work in our London office. It is how serious candidates prepare for Analyst-level work in London, New York, Zurich, and Stockholm.
The Live Deal week: one week in our London office, in a cohort of twelve. You take an Analyst-level placement on a simulated deal team, working a training case modelled on a real transaction, while senior bankers assess your models, your deck, and your judgment. It is professional training, not employment: there is no client work and no work for any bank.
You leave with senior-banker feedback and graded deal work you can point to when you apply for roles at banks and funds.
Each simulation gives you the models, the deadline, and the judgment call. You work the problem end to end and decide at each step what the model can honestly support.
A $450M IPO Simulation
Seven days before a simulated $450M IPO launches, you find a buried memo: the gross margin the deck promises is not real. Work the problem the way a banker has to.
A $17.8B Merger Simulation
A simulated $17.8B all-stock merger where the accretion math only works at a financing rate the market will not give you. The filing is due in 72 hours.
A Leveraged Buyout Simulation
A private equity firm wants the target at 6.5x EBITDA leverage. Build the LBO, stress the debt waterfall, and find the covenant that breaks in year three.
A Series C Simulation
A simulated $220M Series C with a 3x liquidation preference and full-ratchet anti-dilution. Model the waterfall to exit and see who actually gets paid.
A Hedge Fund Redemption Simulation
Five clients trigger early redemptions at a fictional fund before dawn. Map the risk, model the liquidity spiral, and learn how fund structures behave under stress.
Every course runs in the Academy's own deal platform: models you build line by line, a football field that redraws as your assumptions move, decision points with consequences, and mentor commentary at the moment you need it.
Screens from the course platform. All companies, deals, people and figures shown are fictional and exist for training purposes only.
Every student at Swiss Finance Academy gains access to a purpose-built learning platform. Inside your portal, you will find the full course structure, assignments, progress tracking, and direct channels for feedback.
Progress Dashboard. Track your completion across technical modules, case studies, and live assignments.
Feedback System. Get detailed input from instructors and mentors on case submissions and execution quality.
Peer Access. Connect with your cohort, ask questions, share insights, and build a network inside the platform.
Self-paced. Modules are worked through on your own timeline with lifetime access to every model and update.
Swiss Finance Academy is headquartered and administered in Switzerland. Programs are delivered online to participants around the world.
Projects require thorough research of the related subject matter, careful analysis, and creative problem-solving. They are based on firm valuations, public offerings, M&A transactions, and equity research.
Teams create detailed valuation models and prepare written recommendations before negotiations with the counterparties, combining corporate finance and competitive strategy.
Complex, practical problem-solving experiences: a distressed debt negotiation, a hedge fund strategy, or a research project on the bond market.
Work is assessed on thoroughness of research, quality of analysis, creativity of recommendations, and quality of written deliverables.
Candidates preparing to ace investment banking, trading, and strategy consulting interviews; professionals seeking to master financial and analytical modelling skills with speed and precision; high performers seeking hands-on experience with deal pitches, presentations, and simulations.
Ready to walk into interviews with confidence and evidence of real technical work.
In banking, private equity, or asset management, looking to formalise and sharpen their skills.
From law, tech, or consulting, building a credible finance foundation from the ground up.
Seeking rigorous, practitioner-developed preparation for careers in global finance.
Similar to many investment banks, our programs do not require participants to possess formal knowledge of finance or business; many of our accepted applicants are majoring in areas such as sciences, mathematics, and even literature. A comprehensive coverage of fundamental concepts ensures that within a few days participants become fluent in finance.
A valuation walk-through from the course materials: the football-field chart that lays competing valuation methods side by side. The deal modules put you inside exactly this kind of analysis, with a deadline attached.
The full program: modelling, deal structuring, and graded casework over 6 or 9 months.
The companion book on how companies are valued, marketed, and sold.
One-to-one guidance from a senior finance professional.
No. All names, companies, and figures in every module are fictional and exist for training purposes only. The mechanics are real; the scenarios are not.
Each module is a one-time purchase with lifetime access to the models and frameworks inside it, including future updates to that module.
Each module stands on its own. The Complete Module Suite is all five programs in one enrollment, 26 deal simulations and over 200 models covering the full arc from equity issuance to leveraged exit to fund stress, with lifetime access. The suite also includes the Live Deal week: one week in our London office in August, in a cohort of twelve, taking an Analyst-level placement on a simulated deal team while senior bankers assess your work. It is a training week, not employment: there is no client work and no work for any bank. Dates and availability are confirmed by admissions at enrollment.
No. The modules are self-paced and self-contained. Many participants use them alongside or after the Investment Banking Course; contact admissions if you are unsure which fits.
We keep admissions personal. Apply with your background and goals, and our admissions team will walk you through program fit, format, and timing. Applications are reviewed individually.
Most programs have limited seats. You can apply now, or contact admissions with questions first.
Glacier Point, Arctic Light, Venture Capital Mastery and Debt Capital Markets Mastery are bought online: choose Enroll, create your student login, and pay on Stripe’s secure checkout page. The course opens in your student portal as soon as payment completes. Modules marked coming soon open for enrollment later.
No. Similar to many investment banks, our programs do not require participants to possess formal knowledge of finance or business; many accepted applicants come from sciences, mathematics, and even literature. A comprehensive coverage of fundamental concepts ensures that within a few days participants become fluent in finance.
No. Swiss Finance Academy is an educational academy. Its programs teach how institutions analyse capital and how deals are structured; they are not investment advice, and nothing on this site is an offer or solicitation of any security or investment product.
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