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1 online resource (xiv, 578 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
This description of the symbiotic relationships among investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms shows students how firms simultaneously compete and cooperate. The author has captured the ways these firms are reinventing themselves in the post-crash regulatory environment and, through ten extensive cases, the ways in which they are increasing their power and influence. Emphasizes the needs for capital, sources of capital, and the process of getting capital to those who need it. Integrates into the chapters ten cases about recent transactions, along with case notes and questions Accompanies cases with spreadsheets for readers to create their own analytical frameworks and consider choices and opportunities. |
| Contents |
Section One: Investment Banking -- 1 -- Overview of Investment Banking -- 2 -- Regulation of the Securities Industry -- 3 -- Financings -- 4 -- Mergers & Acquisitions -- 5 -- Trading -- 6 -- Asset Management, Wealth Management and Research -- 7 -- Credit Rating Agencies, Exchanges and Clearing and Settlement -- 8 -- International Banking -- 9 -- Convertible Securities and Wall Street Innovation -- 10 -- Investment Banking Career Opportunities and Trends -- Section Two: Hedge Funds and Private Equity -- 11 -- Overview of Hedge Funds -- 12 -- Hedge Fund Investment Strategies -- 13 -- Shareholder Activism and Impact on Corporations -- 14 -- Risk, Regulation and Organizational Structure -- 15 -- Hedge Fund Issues and Performance -- 16 -- Overview of Private Equity -- 17 -- LBO Financial Model -- 18 -- Private Equity Impact on Corporations -- 19 -- Organization, Compensation, Regulation and Limited Partners -- 20 -- Issues and Opportunities -- Section Three: Case Studies -- Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear -- Investment Banking in 2008 (B): A Brave New World -- Freeport-McMoRan: Financing an Acquisition -- The Best Deal Gillette Could Get? Procter & Gamble's Acquisition of Gillette -- A Tale of Two Hedge Funds: Magnetar, Peloton, CDOs, and the 2008 Financial Crisis -- Kmart, Sears, and ESL: How a Hedge Fund Became One of the World's Largest Retailers -- McDonald's, Wendy's, and Hedge Funds: Hamburger Hedging? Hedge Fund Activism and Impact on Corporate Governance -- Porsche, Volkswagen and CSX: Cars, Trains and Derivatives -- The Toys "R" Us LBO -- Cerberus and the U.S. Auto Industry. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-562) and index. |
| Subject |
Investment banking.
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Hedge funds.
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Private equity.
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Finance -- History -- 21st century.
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Banques d'affaires. |
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Fonds spéculatifs. |
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Capital-investissement. |
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Finances -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. |
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Finance |
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Hedge funds |
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Investment banking |
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Private equity |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General. bisacsh |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stowell, David. Introduction to investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity. Burlington, MA : Academic Press/Elsevier, ©2010 9780123745033 0123745039 (DLC) 2009050831 (OCoLC)449880240 |
| ISBN |
9780123745033 |
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0123745039 |
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9780080922898 (electronic bk.) |
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0080922899 (electronic bk.) |
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