Outline of the book

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Preface
List of frequently used symbols

1. What is corporate finance?

 

Section I
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Part One
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

2. Cash flows
3. Earnings
4. Capital employed and invested capital
5. Walking through from earnings to cash flow
6. Getting to grips with consolidated accounts
7. How to cope with the most complex points in financial accounts

 

Part Two
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING

8. How to perform a financial analysis
9. Margin analysis: structure
10. Margin analysis risks
11. Working capital and capital expenditures
12. Financing
13. Return on capital employed and return on equity
14. Conclusion of financial analysis

 

Section II
INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

Part One
INVESTMENT DECISION RULES

15. The financial markets
16. The time value of money and net present value
17. The internal rate of return
18. Incremental cash flows and other investment criteria
19. Measuring value creation
20. Risk and investment analysis

 

Part Two
THE RISK OF SECURITIES AND THE COST OF CAPITAL

21. Risk and return
22. The cost of equity
23. From the cost of equity to the cost of capital
24. The term structure of interest rates

 

Part Three
FINANCIAL SECURITIES

25. Bonds
26. Other debt products
27. Shares
28. Options
29. Hybrid securities
30. Selling securities

 

Section III
CORPORATE FINANCIAL POLICIES

Part One
VALUE

31. Value and corporate finance
32. Valuation techniques

Part Two
CAPITAL STRUCTURE POLICIES

33. Capital structure and the theory of perfect capital markets
34. The tradeoff model
35. Debt, equity and options theory
36. Working out details: the design of the capital structure

 

Part Three
EQUITY CAPITAL AND DIVIDENDS

37. Internal financing: reinvesting cash flow
38. Returning cash to shareholders: dividend policies
39. Capital increases

 

Section IV
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Part I
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING

40. Choice of corporate structure
41. Corporate governance
42. Taking control of a company
43. Mergers and demergers
44. Leveraged buyouts (LBOs)
45. Bankruptcy and restructuring

 

Part Two
MANAGING CASH FLOWS AND FINANCIAL RISKS

46. Managing cash flows
47. Managing financial risks

Glossary
Index
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