Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 What Is Investment Banking? 1
1.2 Investment Banking Activities 2
1.3 Investment Banking versus Commercial Banking 4
1.4 Industry Overview 6
1.5 The Investment Banker as an Individual 8
1.6 A Brief History of the Industry 10
1.7 Scope of This Book 13
Chapter 2 Financial Securities 16
2.1 Bonds 17
2.2 Stocks 21
2.3 Derivative Securities 24
2.4 International Securities 26
2.5 Risks of Bonds and Stocks 27
Chapter 3 Investment Analysis 30
3.1 Macroeconomic Analysis 30
3.2 Industry Analysis 35
3.3 Financial Statement Analysis 36
3.4 Technical Analysis 44
3.5 Efficient Market Theory 53
Chapter 4 Primary Market Making I:Equity Financing 56
4.1 Public Offerings and Private Placements 56
4.2 Motivations of Issuers 58
4.3 The IPO Team 60
4.4 The Public Offering Process 62
4.5 Agreements of an IPO 67
4.6 Risks of an IPO 72
4.7 Revenues of Underwriters 72
4.8 The Costs of Going Public 73
4.9 Aftermarket Trading 74
4.10 Direct Offerings,Shells,and Equity Takedowns 76
4.11 International Listings 78
4.12 China's Practices 79
Chapter 5 Primary Market Making Ⅱ:Debt Financing 81
5.1 Government Securities 81
5.2 Treasury Securities Markets 84
5.3 Municipal Securities Markets 89
5.4 Corporate Debt Markets 92
5.5 Corporate Bonds 93
5.6 Private Placements 99
5.7 Foreign Bonds 101
5.8 Eurobonds 101
5.9 Treasury Bond Transactions in China 102
5.10 China's Enterprise Bonds 103
Chapter 6 Secondary Market Making 105
6.1 Dealing versus Brokering 106
6.2 Dealer Activities in the Financial Markets 106
6.3 Managing Dealer Risks 110
6.4 Financing Dealer Inventory 113
6.5 Brokering Activities in the Financial Markets 114
6.6 Possible Abuses 118
Chapter 7 Trading:Speculation and Arbitrage 121
7.1 Speculation 121
7.2 Arbitrage Trading 126
Chapter 8 Mergers and Acquisitions 131
8.1 Market Overview 131
8.2 Motivations 132
8.3 Strategic Planning and Intermediary 134
8.4 Investment Banking Fees and Agreements 135
8.5 Valuation and Financing 136
8.6 Closing and Regulatory Issues 141
8.7 Takeover Defenses 145
8.8 Legal Considerations in Buying Public Targets 146
8.9 Post-Acquisition Integration 148
Chapter 9 Venture Capital 149
9.1 Venture Capital Investing 149
9.2 Market Overview 151
9.3 Historical Development 152
9.4 Setting up Venture Capital Operations 152
9.5 Investing Strategy 154
9.6 Venture Capital Transactions 156
9.7 Legal Documentation 160
9.8 Exit Strategies 164
Chapter 10 Private Equity 165
10.1 Definitions 165
10.2 The Agreement 167
10.3 Fund Returns 169
10.4 The Term Sheet 170
10.5 The Venture Capital Method 176
10.6 Leveraged Buy-Out(LBO) 179
Chapter 11 Asset Securitization 186
11.1 Market Overview 186
11.2 Benefits and Costs 188
11.3 Structure and Basic Elements 189
11.4 Mortgage-Backed Securities 191
11.5 Asset-Backed Securities 194
Chapter 12 Money Management 197
12.1 Money Management Business 197
12.2 Types of Money Management Operations 198
12.3 Organization and Operation of a Mutual Fund 200
12.4 Development and Growth of Mutual Funds 202
12.5 The Institutional and Retirement Markets 204
12.6 Hedge Funds 205
Chapter 13 Price-Setting Mechanisms 212
13.1 The Book-Building Approach 213
13.2 Auctions 219
13.3 The Dark Side of Book-Building 224
Chapter 14 China's Market and Future Trends 229
14.1 China's Financial System 229
14.2 China's Securities Market 230
14.3 Future Trends 241
References 248