Predatory trading and crowed exits

new thinking on market volatility

In this book, the author looks at a series of market phenomena that involve security prices moving temporarily away from their 'fair value', creating opportunities for traders to profit (and the risk of losses for the unaware!). The phenomena he examines have only recently begun ...

Venture capital

investment strategies, structures, and policies

Ed. Douglas Cumming. This is an essential guide to venture capital. Studies have shown that venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms are on average significantly more successful than non-venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms in terms of innovativeness, profitability, and share price performance upon going public. Understanding ...

The little book of bulletproof investing

do's and don'ts to protect your financial life

This title offers investing do's and don'ts from some of the most recognizable voices in personal finance. It's been a tough year for investors. Many have seen their retirement accounts dwindle dramatically and are looking for a safe way to protect what ...

Psychology of investing

A supplement for undergraduate and graduate Investments courses. See the decision-making process behind investments. The Psychology of Investing is the first text of its kind to delve into the fascinating subject of how psychology affects investing. Its unique coverage describes how investors actually behave, the ...

The mutual fund industry

competition and investor welfare

Mutual funds form the bedrock of retirement savings in the United States, and, considering their rapid growth over recent decades, are sure to become even more financially critical in the coming decades. Because the size of fees paid by investors to mutual fund advisers can ...

Restoring confidence in the financial system

see-through leverage: a powerful new tool for revealing and managing risk

"Restoring Confidence" is a ground-breaking book in which a top mathematician, who is also one of the City of London's most experienced traders, and an experienced City banker explore how confidence in the global financial system was destroyed by the current banking crisis. Drawing ...

The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management

measurement and theory advancing practice

Eds. Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring. A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most widely used measure in finance today - Value at Risk ...

Risk management in credit portfolios

concentration risk and basel II

Risk concentrations play a crucial role for the survival of individual banks and for the stability of the whole banking system. Thus, it is important from an economical and a regulatory perspective to properly measure and manage these concentrations. In this book, the impact of ...

Private equity as an asset class

Unfairly reviled, and much misunderstood, private equity differs from all other asset classes in various important respects, not least the way in which its fund mechanisms operate, and the way in which its returns are recorded and analysed. Sadly, high level asset allocation decisions are ...

Anticipating risks and organising risk regulation

Ed. Bridget M. Hutter. Anticipating risks has become an obsession of the early twenty-first century. Private and public sector organisations increasingly devote resources to risk prevention and contingency planning to manage risk events should they occur. This book shows how we can organise our social ...

The endowment model of investing

return, risk, and diversification

This title offers a cutting-edge look at the endowment model of investing. Many larger endowments and foundations have adopted a broadly diversified asset allocation strategy with only a small amount of traditional U.S. equities and bonds. This technique, known as the 'endowment model of ...

Cómo entender las finanzas de hoy

bienes inmuebles, acciones, bonos, productos estructurados, private equity, Hedge funds

Los mercados financieros han experimentado una creciente sofisticación en los últimos años. Esto ha permitido ampliar el abanico de oportunidades de inversión más allá de la inversión tradicional en acciones, bonos, vivienda o depósitos a plazo. Las nuevas estrategias de inversión generan grandes oportunidades para ...

Security analysis and business valuation on Wall Street

a comprehensive guide to today's valuation methods

This is an insider's look at security analysis and business valuation, as practiced by Wall Street, Corporate America, and international businesses. Two major market crashes, numerous financial and accounting scandals, growth in private equity and hedge funds, Sarbanes Oxley and related regulations, and international ...

Marketing Financial Services recognises that the major function of the financial services marketer is decision making. It focuses on the major types of decisions -- and problems - facing marketing executives. Strategies to win and retain B2B and B2

Marketing Financial Services recognises that the major function of the financial services marketer is decision making. It focuses on the major types of decisions -- and problems - facing marketing executives. Strategies to win and retain B2B and B2C customers are discussed in the context of many ...

Business taxation and financial decision

Managerial decisions are considerably influenced by taxes: e.g. the choice of location, buying or leasing decisions, or the proper mix of debt and equity in the company's capital structure increasingly demand qualified employees in an economic environment that is becoming more and more ...

A short guide to fraud risk

fraud resistance and detection

Ed. Helenne Doody. A "Short Guide to Fraud Risk" is for: anyone who needs to better understand fraud risks, either across their organisation, or in a specific business unit; directors and managers who would like to add value by building fraud resistance into their organisation ...

Running money

professional portfolio management

"Running Money: Professional Portfolio Management 1e" focuses on the business investment decision-making from the perspective of the portfolio manager. The authors combined professional experience managing multi-billion-dollar mandates, working with real clients, and solving real investment problems is reflected throughout the text. Their goal is to ...

Valuation for M&A

building value in private companies

Discover the tools necessary to determine what your company's value is, what drives its value, and how to enhance that value during an M&A transaction. The only book to focus on valuation specifically for merger and acquisitions, Valuation For M&A: Building Value in Private Companies, Second Edition lays out the steps for measuring and managing value creation in privately held businesses. * Recognizes a company as an investment and explains how to manage that value to maximize shareholder returns, focusing on returns, risks, and capital invested * Explains investment or strategic value versus fair market value and provides a document request checklist; sample interview questions; and formats for adjusting financial statements, developing discount rates, the computation of net cash flow; and a ...

The seven S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of the money masters

The fact is information is power. And, the truth is there's lots of financial advice available. Unfortunately, it's often either too confusing or biased. The Seven S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of the Money Masters cuts through the clutter, clearly presenting ...

Viabilidad financiera de la empresa de negocios

En este trabajo académico, desarrollamos una nueva metodología de análisis financiero que obvia las limitaciones e ¡noperanda de los ratios convencionales, por la escasa o nula información que de los mismos se desprende. El modelo de análisis de la solvencia -no confundir con rentabilidad como ...