The second European edition of Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy provides comprehensive coverage of financial markets and corporate finance, brought to life by real world examples, cases and insights. Placed in a truly international context, this new and updated edition takes an academic and practical view-point to guide students through the challenges of studying and practicing finance. Aimed specifically at an international audience, this edition boasts hundreds of references to new and relevant non-US research papers from top finance journals. Whilst retaining the well respected structure of the successful US text, Professor David Hillier has also made a number of additions which include:Fully updated research, data and examples in every chapter.Coverage of the global financial crisis, the impact it made on the financial markets and the lessons being learnt by the finance industry. A stronger emphasis on corporate governance and agency theory.Updates on accounting standards, bankruptcy laws, tax rules and tax systems.
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Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy
Part I. Financial Markets and Financial Instruments1. Raising Capital2. Debt Financing3. Equity FinancingPart II. Valuing Financial Assets4. Portfolio Tools5. Mean-Variance Analysis and the Capital Asset Pricing Model6. Factor Models and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory7. Pricing Derivatives8. OptionsPart III. Valuing Real Assets9. Discounting and Valuation10. Investing in Risk-Free Projects11. Investing in Risky Projects12. Allocating Capital and Corporate Strategy13. Corporate Taxes and the Impact of Financing On Real Asset ValuationPart IV. Capital Financial Structure14. How Taxes Affect Financing Choices15. How Taxes Affect Dividends and Share Repurchases16. Bankruptcy Costs and Debt Holder-Equity Holder Conflicts17. Capital Structure and Corporate StrategyPart V. Incentives, Information, and Corporate Control18. How Managerial Incentives Affects Financial Decisions19. The Information Conveyed by Financial Decisions20. Mergers and AcquisitionsPart VI. Risk Management21. Risk Management and Corporate Strategy22. The Practice of Hedging23. Interest Rate Risk Management
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780077129422
Publisert
2011-11-16
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
McGraw Hill Higher Education
Vekt
1880 gr
Høyde
262 mm
Bredde
197 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
936

Biographical note

David Hillier is Professor of Finance at the University of Strathclyde, teaches regularly in development programs for executives and has taught courses for a wide variety of professional clients, including the World Bank and the National Health Service in the UK. It is part of the editorial board of several international journals of finance. University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D. Yale Mark Grinblatt is Professor of Finance at UCLAs Anderson School, where he currently serves as chair of the Finance area, and where he began his career in 1981. He is also a director on the board of Salomon Swapco, Inc., a consultant to numerous firms, and serves as an associate editor of Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. From 1987 to 1989, Professor Grinblatt was a visiting professor at the Wharton School and while on leave from UCLA in 1989 and 1990, he was a vice-president for Salomon Brothers, Inc., valuing complex derivatives for the fixed income arbitrage trading group in the firm. Professor Grinblatt is a noted teacher at UCLA, having been awarded teacher of the year in 1993 for UCLAs Fully-Employed MBA Program by a vote of the students. This award was based on his teaching of a course designed around early drafts of this textbook. Professor Grinblatts areas of expertise include investments, performance evaluation of fund managers, fixed income markets, corporate finance and derivatives. The Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services at the University of Texas. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a consultant to a number of firms. Professor Titman began his academic career in 1980 at UCLA, where he served as the department chair for the finance group and as the vice chairman of the UCLA management school faculty. He designed executive education programs in corporate financial strategy at UCLA and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, based on material developed in this book.