The M&A Failure Trap

why most mergers and acquisitions fail and how the few succeed

An essential read about M&A for executives and investors who make critical decisions when M&A events and opportunities happen. In The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed, a distinguished team of finance and accounting ...

Quantitative portfolio optimization

advanced techniques and applications

Expert guidance on implementing quantitative portfolio optimization techniques In Quantitative Portfolio Optimization: Theory and Practice, renowned financial practitioner Miquel Noguer, alongside physicists Alberto Bueno Guerrero and Julian Antolin Camarena, who possess excellent knowledge in finance, delve into advanced mathematical techniques for portfolio optimization. The book ...

Investment valuation

tools and techniques for determining the value of any asset

Updated edition of the definitive guide to investment valuation tools and techniques Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset delves into valuation techniques for a variety of different asset classes, including real options, start-up firms, unconventional assets, distressed companies and ...

Investing in cryptocurrencies and digital assets

a guide to understanding technologies, business models, due diligence, and valuation

A must-read roadmap to analyzing, valuing, and investing in cryptocurrency and other digital assets In Investing in Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets: A Guide to Understanding Technologies, Business Models, Due Diligence, and Valuation, alternative investments expert Dr. Keith Black delivers a compelling and straightforward roadmap for ...

Contemporary finance

money, risk, and public policy

A clear new finance textbook that explains essential models and practices, and how the financial world works now Contemporary Financial Markets and Institutions: Tools and Techniques to Manage Risk and Uncertainty is an ideal introduction to finance for professionals and students. It covers the basic ...

Financial valuation

applications and models

A comprehensive guide to the theory and application of valuation, along with useful models, tools, and tips for analysts Financial Valuation: Applications and Models provides authoritative reference and practical guidance on the appropriate, defensible way to prepare and present business valuations. With contributions by 30 ...

Financial Data Analytics

With Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics

An essential introduction to data analytics and Machine Learning techniques in the business sector In Financial Data Analytics with Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics, a team consisting of a distinguished applied mathematician and statistician, experienced actuarial professionals and working data analysts delivers an expertly balanced ...

Fixed income relative value analysis

a practitioners guide to the theory, tools, and trades

An invaluable guide for fixed income practitioners, fully updated to incorporate the shift from LIBOR to SOFR Since its first edition in 2013, Fixed Income Relative Value Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide to the Theory, Tools, and Trades has become the gold standard for guides ...

Transforming financial institutions

value creation through technology innovation and operational change

Transform your financial organisation's formula for value creation with this insightful and strategic approach In Transforming Financial Institutions through Technology Innovation and Operational Change, visionary turnaround leader Joerg Ruetschi delivers a practical and globally relevant methodology and framework for value creation at financial institutions ...

Commodity derivatives

markets and applications

Commodity Derivatives In the newly revised Second Edition of Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications, expert trading educator and author Neil Schofield delivers a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of commodities and derivatives. Beginning with discussions of commodity markets generally before moving on to derivative ...

Artificial intelligence for asset management and investment

a strategic perspective

The rise of artificial intelligence is nothing short of a technological revolution. AI is poised to completely transform asset management and investment banking, yet its current application within the financial sector is limited and fragmented. Existing AI implementations tend to solve very narrow business issues ...

Fixed income trading and risk management

The Complete Guide

Fixed Income Trading and Risk Management: The Complete Guide delivers a comprehensive and innovative exposition of fixed income markets. Written by European Central Bank portfolio manager Alexander During, this book takes a practical view of how several different national fixed income markets operate in detail ...

Asset-Liability and Liquidity Managemen

Asset-Liability and Liquidity Management distils the author's extensive experience in the financial industry, and ALM in particular, into concise and comprehensive lessons. Each of the topics are covered with a focus on real-world applications, based on the author's own experience in the industry ...

Equity Markets, Valuation, and Analysis

Sharpen your understanding of the financial markets with this incisive volume Equity Markets, Valuation, and Analysis brings together many of the leading practitioner and academic voices in finance to produce a comprehensive and empirical examination of equity markets. Masterfully written and edited by experts in ...

AI and the future of banking

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies help organisations to get smarter and more effective over time - ultimately responding to, learning from and interacting with human voices. It is predicted that by 2020, half of all businesses will be using these intelligent, self-learning systems. Across its entire breadth ...

International Corporate Finance

value creation with currency derivatives in global capital markets

It's increasingly difficult to understand what is happening in capital markets without a firm grasp of currency markets, the investment strategies of sovereign wealth funds, carry trade, and foreign exchange derivatives products. 'International Corporate Finance' offers thorough coverage of the international monetary climate, including ...

Using Excel for business and financial modelling

a practical guide

Quantitative financial risk management

Our modern economy depends on financial markets. Yet financial markets continue to grow in size and complexity. As a result, the management of financial risk has never been more important. This book introduces students and risk professionals to financial risk management with an emphasis on ...

Volatility

practical options theory

The main challenges in successful options trading are conceptual, not mathematical. This book provides financial professionals, academics, students and others with an intuitive as well as technical understanding of both the basic and advanced ideas in options theory to a level that facilitates practical options ...

Private equity compliance

analysing conflicts, fees, and risks

Develop and manage a private equity compliance program Compliance has become one of the fastest-growing areas in the private equity (PE) space. Mirroring trends from the hedge fund industry, recent surveys indicate that PE managers rank compliance as the single most challenging aspect of their ...