"Investment Banking: The First Step" by Publishers 'Bharat Law House' hitting market on 5th Oct'10

Sept. 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Contents:

CHAPTER 1 - The Origin of Investment Banking
  1.1   Introduction
  1.2   The First Investment Banks
  1.3   Investment Banking and Regulatory Environment
  1.4   The Fall of Investment Banking   
  1.5   Investment Banking on Recovery Path


CHAPTER 2 - The Business of Investment Banks
  2.1   Introduction
  2.2   What is Investment Banking
  2.3   How Investment Banks Break Down
  2.4   Roles in an Investment Bank
  2.5   An Investment Banking 2nd year Analyst’s day
  2.6   What Investment Banks Do?
  2.7   Structure of Investment Banks (Divisions of investment banks)   
  2.8   Functions of Investment Bank
  2.9   Fund Raising via Private Equity Route
  2.10   Initial Public Offerings


CHAPTER 3 - Equity Offerings & Exit
  3.1   Instruments Involved in Equity Offerings   
  3.2   Parties Involved in Equity Offerings
  3.3   Initial Public Offerings (IPO)
  3.4   Conditions for an IPO
  3.5   The Stock Exchange Listing Agreement   
  3.6   Book Building IPO Process
  3.7   Provisions for Book Building Issue
  3.8   Online IPOs
  3.9    Bought Out Deals
  3.10   OTC Issues
  3.11   Issues by Financial Institutions
  3.12   Secondary Public Offerings
  3.13   Delisting of Shares


CHAPTER 4 - Understanding the Financial Statements
  4.1   Sourcing of Financial Statements
  4.2   Location of Company Reports
  4.3   Understanding Financial Statements
  4.4   Balance Sheet
  4.5   Income Statement
  4.6   Analyzing the Financial Statements


CHAPTER 5 - Valuation Overview
  5.1   Trading Comps/Relative Valuation
  5.2   Deal Comps/Transaction Comps
  5.3   Discounted Cash Flows (DCF Valuation)
  5.4   Asset¬-based Valuation
  5.5   Breakup Analysis


CHAPTER 6 - RELATIVE VALUATION
  6.1   Why Relative Valuation is Popular
  6.2   Step-by-Step Approach for Company Comparable Analysis
  6.3   Step I. Selection of Right Set of Peer Group Companies
  6.4   Step II. Making the financials comparable of the target and peer group
  6.5   Step III. Calculation of ratios and multiples
  6.6   Step IV. Determine Valuation of the Target
  6.7   Conclusion


While all areas of finance are becoming more sophisticated, Investment banking remains a popular career choice among today’s very best graduates, MBAs, CAs and CFAs. The competition to secure that all-important first foot in the door is intense. As you move out to start/develop a career in finance, we believe this book, ‘Investment Banking – The First Step’ to be your first step in your career in investment banking. The aim of this book is to offer the readers real insights into the world of investment banking and to give you the knowledge you need to stand out. Written and edited by investment bankers, it delivers the first level technical expertise and essential skills to jet start your career in investment banking.


About the Author:
An Investment Banker by profession and a Chartered Accountant by education, Tapan Jindal is a 1st generation entrepreneur having co-founded ARC Financial Services (www.arc-fs.com) and ARC Academia (www.arc-academia.com).
He leads the investment banking practice of ARC Financial Services. He has been designing and teaching investment banking training programmes with ARC Academia, India office of Wall St. Training. Tapan is also the founder of BS-BS Foundation (www.bs-bs.org), an NGO to educate people of their social responsibilities with a goal to bring a change in their traditional mindset.

He has prior experience of working with Fidelity Investments and iGATE Global Solutions. He is also author of ‘Auditing & Assurance – An Easy Approach’ for CA Intermediary Level of ICAI, India. A regular invite as a guest speaker by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and many Ivy League B-Schools in India, Tapan has trained and groomed thousands of finance professionals.