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A detailed and compelling look at distressed securities investing in today s market In the corporate world, vulture investors in distressed securities serve the same cleanup function as vultures do in the natural world: they deal with failing companies, digest bad debt, and mop up after bankruptcies.

Proven strategies and tactics to manage the integration of acquired and/or merged companies Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook is a comprehensive resource to help companies create a scalable post merger or acquisition integration process and framework that accelerates operating and business benefit goal realization.

A comprehensive guide to the continuously evolving world of securitization The Second Edition of The Securitization Markets Handbook is a valuable resource for both experienced money managers trying to put a securitization strategy into place as well as newcomers looking to acquire a broad and strong foundation in this discipline.

This revised and updated guide supplies a complete introduction to options valuation and trading, from the working fundamentals to the most innovative pricing models and strategies. Readers are taught how to select an appropriate options strategy and how to evaluate its risks and rewards.

Fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the private equity sectorBuilding on and refining the content of previous editions, Introduction to Private Equity, Debt and Real Assets, Third Edition adopts the same logical, systematic, factual and long-term perspective on private markets (private equity, private debt and private real assets) combining academic rigour with extensive practical experience.The content has been fully revised to reflect developments and innovations in private markets, exploring new strategies, changes in structuring and the drive of new regulations. New sections have been added, covering fund raising and fund analysis, portfolio construction and risk measurement, as well as liquidity and start-up analysis. In addition, private debt and private real assets are given greater focus, with two new chapters analysing the current state of these evolving sectors.* Reflects the dramatic changes that have affected the private market industry, which is evolving rapidly, internationalizing and maturing fast* Provides a clear, synthetic and critical perspective of the industry from a professional who has worked at many levels within the industry* Approaches the private markets sector top-down, to provide a sense of its evolution and how the current situation has been built* Details the interrelations between investors, funds, fund managers and entrepreneursThis book provides a balanced perspective on the corporate governance challenges affecting the industry and draws perspectives on the evolution of the sector.

Addressing the aspects and challenges associated with performing operational due diligence review of both private equity and real estate asset classes, this book provides you with the tools to develop a flexible comprehensive operational due diligence program for private equity and real estate.

A unique perspective on applied investment theory and risk management from the Senior Risk Officer of a major pension fund Investment Theory and Risk Management is a practical guide to today's investment environment.

A guide to understanding the world of private equity (PE) investing, governance structures, and operational assessments of PE portfolio companies. It includes historical fundraising and investment levels, returns, correlation of returns to public market indices, and harvest trends.

Updated look at financial modeling and Monte Carlo simulation with software by Oracle Crystal Ball This revised and updated edition of the bestselling book on financial modeling provides the tools and techniques needed to perform spreadsheet simulation.

Achieve investing success by understanding your behavior type This groundbreaking book shows how to invest wisely by managing your behavior, and not just your money.

The first practical trading guide to the revolutionary new science of decision-making According to the Wall Street Journal, "Game theory is hot. " On Wall Street, many of today's most successful high-rollers now use it to help them make crucial buying and selling decisions.

A detailed look at risk identification and quantification in equity investment Equity Value Enhancement ("EVE"): Governance, Risk, Relationships & Knowledge ("GRRK")provides the information and tools practitioners and business owners need to work with the multitude of intangibles ("GRRK") in equity investment decisions.

A fully revised second edition focused on the best practices of enterprise risk management Since the first edition of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls was published a decade ago, much has changed in the worlds of business and finance.

Tap into the power of the most popular stochastic volatility model for pricing equity derivatives Since its introduction in 1993, the Heston model has become a popular model for pricing equity derivatives, and the most popular stochastic volatility model in financial engineering.

Best-Practice EVA tells the new EVA story from the ground up. Stewart covers EVA essentials the classic economic profit version of EVA in the first three chapters of the book. He shows readers how simple and intuitive EVA really is, how it is defined, and why it is better than all other measures of corporate profit.

Addresses the essential aspects of modern financial risk management. This book offers an insider's view of this discipline and covers the strategies, principles, and measurement techniques necessary to manage and measure financial risk.

A concise study of the practices in Islamic commercial law Filling a gap in the current literature, Islamic Commercial Law is the only book available that combines the theory and practice of Islamic commercial law in an English-language text.

Introduces a powerful new approach to financial risk modeling with proven strategies for its real-world applications The 2008 credit crisis did much to debunk the much touted powers of Value at Risk (VaR) as a risk metric. Unlike most authors on VaR who focus on what it can do, in this book the author looks at what it cannot.

Insight into collateral management and its increasing relevance in modern banking In the wake of recent financial crises, firms of all sizes have adjusted their policies to incorporate more frequent instances of collateral management.

* Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage. * Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company. * Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand. .

VaR, or value at risk, is a concept introduced by bank dealers to establish parameters for their market short-term risk exposure. This text introduces VaR, extreme VaR, and stress-testing risk measurement techniques to major institutional investors.

Written by the quantitative research team of Deutsche Bank, the world leader in innovative equity derivative transactions, this book acquaints readers with leading-edge thinking in modeling and hedging these transactions. Equity Derivatives offers a balanced, integrated presentation of theory and practice in equity derivative markets.

Provides an overview of the important areas that purchasers of institutional investment management services need to consider. This work offers a comprehensive review of the manager selection process.

In this guide, a leading financial economist discusses the most important research in investment theory. Not only is this research referenced in the most comprehensive annotated bibliography in the field of investment theory ever assembled, but the chronological organization of the book helps Rubinstein provide his own analysis.

Examining how M&A fits in corporate growth strategies, this book covers various strategic reasons for companies entering mergers and acquisitions (M&A), along with a look at those that are based on sound strategy, and those that are not. It explains which types of M&A work best and which to avoid.

A study of the investment portfolios of takaful companies, their general investment patterns, and their future investments. It looks at shareholders as well as general and family funds to determine where these companies are investing today, and where they are likely to invest in the future.

State-of-the-art techniques and tools needed to facilitate effective credit portfolio management and robust quantitative credit analysis Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Active Credit Portfolio Management in Practice serves as a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and real-world practice of credit portfolio management.

More and more institutional funds and high net worth assets are finding their way to hedge funds. This book provides the quantitative and qualitative measures and analysis that investment managers, investment advisors, and fund of fund managers need to allocate and monitor their client assets properly.

* Written by respected energy economist Dr. Jerry Jackson, Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) explains why high energy prices and market volatility can be expected to continue, and shows how to reduce energy costs and increase cash flows using risk management concepts developed in the financial industry.

This book provides a systematic and practical analysis of the various phases of the real estate development process. Taking a comprehensive approach, it covers the necessary topics of financing, accounting and construction in addition to several often-overlooked (but equally important) aspects of real estate development.