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  • Making Failure Feasible

    How Bankruptcy Reform Can End Too Big to Fail

    Edited by Thomas H. Jackson, Kenneth E. Scott, John B. Taylor ...
    In 2012, building off work first published in 2010, the Resolution Project proposed that a new Chapter 14 be added to the Bankruptcy Code, exclusively designed to deal with the reorganization or liquidation of the nation's large financial institutions. In this book, the contributors expand on their proposal to improve the prospect that our largest financial institutions—particularly with ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bankruptcy Not Bailout

    A Special Chapter 14

    Edited by Kenneth E. Scott, John B. Taylor ...
    This book introduces and analyzes a new and more predictable bankruptcy process designed specifically for large financial institutions—Chapter 14—to achieve greater financial stability and reduce the likelihood of bailouts. The contributors identify and compare the major differences in the Dodd-Frank Title II and the proposed new procedures and outline the reasons why Chapter 14 would be more ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ending Government Bailouts as We Know Them

    Edited by John B. Taylor, Kenneth E. Scott, George P. Shultz ...
    This book examines the dangers of continuing government bailouts and offers alternative strategies designed to produce growth based on the vigor of the private sector with inflation under control. The expert authors show that it is indeed possible to explain the causes of the crisis in understandable terms and clarify why resolving the bailout problem is essential to preventing future crises. ... Read more

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    This revised fifth edition from estate-planning expert Harvey J. Platt details the most up-to-date strategies for using a living trust to create a flexible estate plan. Platt explains the latest tax laws, including the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the broadening of statutes for amending trusts, and the rule against perpetuities (RAP). Platt also addresses updates on many existing topics, ... Read more

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  • Guaranteed to Fail

    Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance

    by Viral V. Acharya, Matthew Richardson, Stijn van Nieuwerburgh, Lawrence J. White ...
    Why America's public-private mortgage giants threaten the world economy—and what to do about itThe financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to $150 billion, and substantially more will be needed. The U.S. economy--and by extension, ... Read more

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  • When Prime Brokers Fail

    The Unheeded Risk to Hedge Funds, Banks, and the Financial Industry

    by J. S. Aikman ...
    Series Book 132 - Bloomberg
    An informative primer on the new landscape of leading prime brokersBefore the recent financial crisis, both regulators and market participants disregarded the complex and dangerous nature of the relationship between prime brokers (the banks) and their clients (the funds). In When Prime Brokers Fail, J. S. Aikman examines the convoluted structure of this relationship, the main participants, and the ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

  • Financial Origami

    How the Wall Street Model Broke

    by Brendan Moynihan ...
    Series Book 140 - Bloomberg
    An in-depth look at the failure of Wall Street's "proven" financial modelsOrigami is the Japanese art of folding paper into intricate and aesthetically attractive shapes. As such, it is the perfect metaphor for the Wall Street financial engineering model, which ultimately proved to be the underlying cause of the 2008 financial crisis.In Financial Origami, Brendan Moynihan describes how the Wall ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Regulating Wall Street

    The Dodd-Frank Act and the New Architecture of Global Finance

    by New York University Stern School of Business ...
    Series Book 608 - Wiley Finance
    Experts from NYU Stern School of Business analyze new financial regulations and what they mean for the economyThe NYU Stern School of Business is one of the top business schools in the world thanks to the leading academics, researchers, and provocative thinkers who call it home. In Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance, an impressive group of the Stern school’s top ... Read more

    $33.00 USD

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  • Distress Investing

    Principles and Technique

    by Martin J. Whitman, Fernando Diz ...
    Series Book 397 - Wiley Finance
    Financial innovation, new laws and regulations, and the financial meltdown of 20072008 are just a few of the forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, today's distress investment environment. Combine this with the fact that the discipline of distress investing doesn't always follow what conventional wisdom says, and you can see why it is one of the most challenging areas in finance.Nobody ... Read more

    $44.00 USD

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  • The Art of Distressed M&A (PB)

    by H. Peter Nesvold, Jeffrey Anapolsky, Alexandra Reed Lajoux ...
    Pessimists see distressed M&A . . .Optimists see distressed M&AOpportunities abound in “bankruptcy beauties”—both in good times and bad. Distressed mergers and acquisitions used to be the domain of a handful of specialists, who generated handsome profits by unlocking value in troubled companies. Now, you can learn the secrets for participating in these deals with knowledge and confidence. The Art ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook

    A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors

    by Jonathan Golin, Philippe Delhaise ...
    Series series Wiley Finance
    The Bank Credit Analysis HandbookPraise for The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook“In this second edition, Philippe Delhaise and Jonathan Golin build on their professional experience with Thomson Bank Watch Asia to produce a clear introduction to bank credit risk analysis. As very few books on this topic exist, it is a most welcome publication. The short and transparent chapters are rich on ... Read more

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  • The Aggressive Conservative Investor

    by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik ...
    Series Book 30 - Wiley Investment Classics
    "The Aggressive Conservative Investor will never go out of date. Regulation, disclosure, and other things may change, but the general approach and mindset to successful investing are timeless. Read this book and you will learn the rudiments of 'safe and cheap' investing. An essential read for every amateur and professional investor."--Stan Garstka, Deputy Dean & Professor in the Practice of ... Read more

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