Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity (4th edition)

Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity, Fourth Edition provides a real-world view of this fast-evolving field, reviewing and analyzing recent innovations and developments. This reference captures the actual work of bankers and professional investors, providing readers with templates for real transactions and insight on how investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms provide services to each other while creating opportunities for corporations and investors to raise capital, invest, hedge, finance, acquire, divest, and risk manage. For each type of institution, the business model, organizational structure, products, challenges, regulatory issues, and profit-making opportunities are explained. In addition, specific transactions are analyzed to make clear how advisory services, financings, investments, and trades produce profits or losses, and which types of risks are most commonly taken by each type of institution. Importantly, the linkage of investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity to corporations, governments, and individuals is described, enabling the reader to more clearly understand how these organizations impact them and how their products and services can be best utilized. Integrates case studies with relevant chapters in the book to create real world applications of chapter teachings Employs spreadsheet models to enable readers to create analytical frameworks for considering choices, opportunities, and risks described in the cases Analyzes specific transactions to make clear how advisory services, financings, investments, and trades produce profits or losses Front Matter Copyright Preface 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 c01 Investment A c02 Investment B c03 Freeport c04 THE BEST DEAL c05 Tale of Two c06 Kmart c07 mcdo c08 Porsche c09 Toys c10 Cerberus c11 H. J. Heinz M&A c12 Quintiles c13 Panera Index