CSD Education (CSDE) is an independently held business that provides training to students that seeking careers in investments, finance and credit. CSDE also works directly with financial institutions to design their entry level training programs, as well as with other educational institutions here at home or abroad with the goal to sharpen their skills in the areas of finance and financial modeling. CSDE provides lectures and seminars in financial management, capital markets, debt markets, equity markets, derivative markets, investment banking, corporate finance and valuation analysis, credit analysis and portfolio management, as well as specific lectures in Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Finance, Merger & Acquisitions (M&A), Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) and other fund analysis. All these subjects involve the ins and outs of building a financial model.