Structured Finance: Leveraged Buyouts, Project Finance, Asset Finance and Securitization

Comprehensive coverage of all major structured finance transactions Structured Finance is a comprehensive introduction to non-recourse financing techniques and asset-based lending. It provides a detailed overview of leveraged buyouts, project finance, asset finance and securitisation. Through thirteen case studies and more than 500 examples of companies, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the topic. It also provides a historical perspective of these structures, revealing how and why they were initially created. Instruments within each type of transaction are examined in detail, including Credit Default Swaps and Credit Linked Notes. A presentation of the Basel Accords offers the necessary background to understand the regulatory context in which these financings operate. With this book, readers will be able to: Delve into the main structured finance techniques to understand their components, mechanisms and how they compare Understand how structured finance came to be, and why it continues to be successful in the modern markets Learn the characteristics of financial instruments found in various structured transactions Explore the global context of structured finance, including the regulatory framework under which it operates Structured Finance provides foundational knowledge and global perspective to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of this critical aspect of modern finance. It is a must-read for undergraduate and MBA students and finance professionals alike. "Structured Finance is a textbook focusing on non-recourse financial techniques and asset-based lending. It explains the main structured finance techniques used today (LBO, project finance, asset finance and securitization) and how they compare. The book also outlines the reasons why these structures have been so successful in the last 30 to 40 years and why bankers came up with them in the first place. The book is a good introduction on these main financing techniques. It also allows the readers to take a step back by showing the similarities and the differences that exist between these four types of structured transactions. The appendices expose, in detail, the characteristics of financial instruments that can be found in all these transactions (such as Credit Default Swaps and Credit Linked Notes). The book will also include a presentation of the regulatory framework (Basel Accords) under which these transactions are now implemented"-- Provided by publisher