Books in the Wiley Finance series

McKinsey & Company's #1 best-selling guide to corporate valuation, now in its sixth edition Valuation is the single best guide of its kind, helping financial professionals worldwide excel at measuring, managing, and maximizing shareholder and company value.

Explains the underlying principles of value investing and sets guidelines for the successful application of this proven methodology. By exploring the history of value investing, this informative book also reveals how the greatest value investors followed their philosophy and profited from it.

Master the navigation of private equity deals from sourcing to exit with this comprehensive guideThe Private Equity Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Deals Done from Sourcing to Exit offers readers the first complete guide to executing a private equity deal from start to finish. Written by an accomplished professional with twenty years of experience in the private equity space, this book is perfect for current private equity analysts and associates, as well as business students and professionals seeking to enter the private equity field.This book covers every stage of the private equity process, from sourcing the deal to company exit. It provides a systematic overview of how to:* Originate attractive investment opportunities;* Generate superior deal insights;* Form effective working relationships with management teams;* Add value on portfolio company boards; and* Achieve profitable investment exits.The Private Equity Toolkit equips its readers with actionable frameworks and proprietary tools that can be applied on a daily basis in the private equity industry. The content found within is designed to be current and helpful for years to come and appeals to a global audience.

Assess the likelihood, timing and scope of climate risksIn Climate Risks: An Investor's Field Guide to Identification and Assessment, financial analyst Bob Buhr delivers a risk-based framework for classifying and measuring potential climate risks at the firm level, and their potential financial impacts. The author presents a "climate risk taxonomy" that encompasses a broad range of physical, transition and natural capital risks that may impact a firm's financial profile.The taxonomy presented in the book will be of interest to investors and lenders involved in:* The identification and assessment of the potential scope and impact of a wide range of risks that might normally remain outside of more traditional risk or credit analysis, usually for horizon issues;* The determination of the points at which climate risks may crystallize into real and significant financial exposure* The assessment of the relative aggregate riskiness of portfolios exposed to climate and natural capital risks at the firm levelA rigorous and practical toolkit for the assessment and measurement of a broad range of potential climate risks, this book offers fund managers, portfolio analysts, risk experts, and other finance professionals a clear blueprint for assessing potential financial impacts at firms arising from climate change.

Deep, insightful analysis of controversial risk management issues in Islamic bankingMapping the Risks And Risk Management Practices In Islamic Banking is a comprehensive analysis of the current state of risk management practices within the Islamic banking industry, with recommendations for policy makers, bankers, and industry stakeholders. Going beyond the academic, this book presents the opinions and perceptions of industry financiers and bankers, alongside primary information and data collected by Islamic finance professionals to deconstruct and analyze the sector's current risk management practices. You'll get up to date on the latest attitudes and trends, and delve into the current issues surrounding risk management in Islamic banks. With a focus on practical applications, this authoritative guide discusses the unique risks facing Islamic banks, from the perspective of a wide range of practitioners.Risk management is one of the biggest, most controversial issues in Islamic finance, yet it remains under-researched. Many uncertainties exist for which the answers are still unclear, yet will play a large role in shaping the industry's future. This book digs deep into current ideas and practices to discover what's being done, what needs to be done, and what needs to stop happening to keep the future of Islamic finance strong.* Explore both Islamic and traditional attitudes toward risk* Examine current Islamic risk management practices* Understand the latest industry issues and trends* Consider the diverse range of risks unique to the Islamic banking sectorEffective risk management in Islamic banking deserves priority attention. Unless the industry develops its own genuine risk management architecture, it cannot achieve its full potential and the viability needed for a more resilient financial system than the debunked Wall Street model. Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking provides a deep, authoritative analysis of where the industry is today and where it needs to develop.

Provides an overview of the important areas that purchasers of institutional investment management services need to consider. This work offers a comprehensive review of the manager selection process.

Written by the quantitative research team of Deutsche Bank, the world leader in innovative equity derivative transactions, this book acquaints readers with leading-edge thinking in modeling and hedging these transactions. Equity Derivatives offers a balanced, integrated presentation of theory and practice in equity derivative markets.

VaR, or value at risk, is a concept introduced by bank dealers to establish parameters for their market short-term risk exposure. This text introduces VaR, extreme VaR, and stress-testing risk measurement techniques to major institutional investors.

* Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage. * Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company. * Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand. .

The ultimate nuts-and-bolts guide to foreign exchange operations The foreign exchange landscape is particularly risky since so much of the world is unregulated and takes place over the counter (off exchange).

A comprehensive set of retirement portfolio guidance for finance professionals Retirement is one of the most important parts of the financial planning process. Yet only two percent of financial advisors describe themselves as competent in retirement planning.

A companion Workbook to the text Retirement Portfolios Retirement is one of the most important parts of the financial planning process. Yet only two percent of financial advisors describe themselves as competent in retirement planning.

Retirement portfolio guidance for finance professionalsRetirement is one of the most important parts of the financial planning process. Yet only two percent of financial advisors describe themselves as competent in retirement planning.

* A stockvaluation book by one of the leading market practitioners in thefield who created the company life-cycle framework for valuationknown as CFROI.

Timely insights on investment management This comprehensive guide will help investment managers, fiduciaries, trustees, and regulators face the difficult challenge of funding the retirements of millions of workers and meeting the capital formation needs of businesses at once.

An essential guide to corporate finance Understanding corporate finance is a necessity for financial practitioners who struggle every day to find the right balance between maximizing corporate value and reducing a firm's financial risk.

A guide to financial accounting. It explains the key features of modern accounting and helps you develop an understanding of accounting. It presents important accounting concepts, from inventory valuation methods and the timing of erosion of productive assets to how internal managers calculate ratios and trends to evaluate business efficiency.

Commodity Modelling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behaviour. Applications of these methods cover the modelling of the dynamic behaviour of resource markets and their prices as well as their interaction with the environment.

This book provides a systematic and practical analysis of the various phases of the real estate development process. Taking a comprehensive approach, it covers the necessary topics of financing, accounting and construction in addition to several often-overlooked (but equally important) aspects of real estate development.

* Written by respected energy economist Dr. Jerry Jackson, Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) explains why high energy prices and market volatility can be expected to continue, and shows how to reduce energy costs and increase cash flows using risk management concepts developed in the financial industry.

More and more institutional funds and high net worth assets are finding their way to hedge funds. This book provides the quantitative and qualitative measures and analysis that investment managers, investment advisors, and fund of fund managers need to allocate and monitor their client assets properly.

State-of-the-art techniques and tools needed to facilitate effective credit portfolio management and robust quantitative credit analysis Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Active Credit Portfolio Management in Practice serves as a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and real-world practice of credit portfolio management.

* Valuation of Early Stage Companies is an updated analysis and application of valuation theory for early stage companies with complex capital structures. * The book shows the appropriate and defensible way to prepare and present business valuations with a strong emphasis on applications and models.