Description
Book SynopsisPublic companies acquire most of their outside capital from debt fi nancing and, more specifi cally, leveraged finance--an asset class that falls somewhere between traditional fixed income and stocks. While this type ofdebt fi nancing carries significant risk to both investorsand companies, the potential returns make leveraged finance a cornerstone of the modern financial markets.
Leveraged Financial Markets is a gathering of the most astute and informed minds in the business.The powerhouse editorial team of William F. Maxwell and Mark R. Shenkman have handselected contributions from the top practitioners and thinkers working in leveraged finance today.
The result is an authoritative guidebook that providesyou with what you need to navigate the highyield market in the integrated global economy. Packed with a wealth of analytical models illustrating the realities of distress probabilities and losses in default, Leveraged Financial Markets gives you all the insight and
Table of Contents
Part I: Market Structure; Chapter 1. The High Yield Market; Chapter 2. The Globalization of the High-Yield Market; Chapter 3. Bond Ratings; Part II: High-Yield Bonds; Chapter 4. High-Yield Bonds as an Asset Class; Chapter 5. The Issuers and Investors in the High-Yield Bond Market; Chapter 6. Bond Indentures and Bond Characteristics; Chapter 7. Default and Migration Probabilities of High-Yield Bonds; Chapter 8. Analyzing a High-Yield Debt Issuance; Chapter 9. Valuation of Callable, Floating and PIK High Yield Instruments; Chapter 10. Analytical Model of Default Probabilities; Part III: High-Yield Bonds at the Portfolio Level; Chapter 11. Managing a High-Yield Portfolio; Chapter 12. Monitoring a High-Yield Portfolio; Chapter 13. High Yield Index Products; Chapter 14. Aggregate Market Valuation; Part IV: Leveraged Loans and CDOs; Chapter 15. Leveraged Loans as an Asset Class; Chapter 16. The Issuers and Investors in Leveraged Loans; Chapter 17. Collateralized Debt Obligations and Securitization; Part V: Distressed Debt; Chapter 18. Recovery Rates on Defaulted Bonds; Chapter 19. Analyzing the Credit Risk of Distressed Securities; Chapter 20. Debtor-in-Possession Financing; Chapter 21. Vulture Investing; Part VI: Credit Derivative Swaps; Chapter 22. Credit Derivative Swaps
