Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity (Hardcover, 2)

Part I. 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
Part II. 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
Part III. Case Studies
1. Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear
2. Investment Banking in 2008 (B): A Brave New World
3. Freeport-McMoRan: Financing an Acquisition
4. The Best Deal Gillette Could Get? Procter & Gamble’s Acquisition of Gillette
5. A Tale of Two Hedge Funds: Magnetar, Peloton, CDOs, and the 2008 Financial Crisis
6. Kmart, Sears, and ESL: How a Hedge Fund Became One of the World’s Largest Retailers
7. McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Hedge Funds: Hamburger Hedging? Hedge Fund Activism and Impact on Corporate Governance
8. Porsche, Volkswagen and CSX: Cars, Trains and Derivatives
9. The Toys "R" Us LBO
10. Cerberus and the U.S. Auto Industry