Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 What Is Investment Banking?
1.2 Investment Banking Activities
1.3 Investment Banking versus Commercial Banking
1.4 Industry Overview
1.5 The Investment Banker as an Individual
1.6 A Brief History of the Industry
1.7 Scope of ThisBook
Chapter 2 Financial Securities
2.1 Bonds
2.2 Stocks
2.3 Derivative Securities
2.4 International Securities
2.5 Risks of Bonds and Stocks
Chapter 4 Primary Market Making I: Equity Financing
4.1 Public Offerings and Private Placements
4.2 Motivations of Issuers
4.3 The IPO Team
4.4 The Public Offering Process
4.5 Agreements of an IPO
4.6 Risks of an IPO
4.7 Revenues of Underwriters
4.8 The Costs of Going Public
4.9 Aftermarket Trading
4.10 Direct Offerings, Shells, and Equity Takedowns
4.11 International Listings
4.12 China''s Practices
Chapter 5 Primary Market Making Ih Debt Financing
5.1 Government Securities
5.2 Treasury Securities Markets
5.3 Municipal Securities Markets
5.4 Corporate Debt Markets
5.5 Corporate Bonds
5.6 Private Placements
5.7 Foreign Bonds
5.8 Eurobonds
5.9 Treasury Bond Transactions in China
5.10 China''s Enterprise Bonds
Chapter 6 Secondary Market Making
6.1 Dealing versus Brokering
6.2 Dealer Activities in the Financial Markets
6.3 Managing Dealer Risks
6.4 Financing Dealer Inventory
6.5 Brokering Activities in the Financial Markets
6.6 Possible Abuses
Chapter 7 Trading: Speculation and Arbitrage
7.1 Speculation
7.2 Arbitrage Trading
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Chapter 8 Mergers and Acquisitions
Chapter 9 Venture Capital
Chapter 10 Private Equity
Chapter 11 Asset Securitization
Chapter 12 Money Management
Chapter 13 Price-Setting Mechanisms
Chapter 14 China''s Market and Future Trends
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