Part One : Fundamental concepts in financial analysis

Chapter 2 Cash Flows
Chapter 3 Earnings
Chapter 4 Capital employed and invested capital
Chapter 5 Walking through from earnings to cash flow
Chapter 6 Getting to grips with consolidated accounts
Chapter 7 How to cope with the most complex points in financial accounts

Part Two : Financial analysis and forecasting

Chapter 8 How to perform a financial analysis
Chapter 9 Margin analysis: Structure
Chapter 10 Margin analysis: risks
Chapter 11 Working capital and capital expenditures
Chapter 12 Financing
Chapter 13 Return on capital employed and return on equity
Chapter 14 Conclusion of financial analysis

Part One : Investment decision rules

Chapter 15 The financial markets
Chapter 16 The time value of money and net present value
Chapter 17 The internal rate of return

Part Two : The risk of securities and the required rate of return

Chapter 18 Risk and return
Chapter 19 The required rate of return

Part Three : Financial securities

Chapter 20 Bonds
Chapter 21 Other debt products
Chapter 22 Shares
Chapter 23 Options
Chapter 24 Hybrid securities
Chapter 25 Selling securities

Chapter 26 Value and corporate finance
Chapter 27 Measuring value creation
Chapter 28 investment criteria
Chapter 29 The cost of capital
Chapter 30 Risk and investment analysis
Chapter 31 Valuation techniques

Part One : Capital structure policies

Chapter 32 Capital structure and the theory of perfect capital markets
Chapter 33 Capital structure, taxes and organisation theories
Chapter 34 Debt, equity and options theory
Chapter 35 Working out details: The design of the capital structure

Part Two : Equity capital

Chapter 36 Returning cash to shareholders
Chapter 37 Distribution in practice: dividends and share buy-backs
Chapter 38 Share issues
Chapter 39 Implementing a debt policy

Part One : Corporate governance and financial engineering

Chapter 40 Setting up a company or financing start-ups
Chapter 41 Shareholders
Chapter 42 Choice of corporate structure
Chapter 43 Corporate governance
Chapter 44 Initial public offerings (IPOs)
Chapter 45 Taking control of a company
Chapter 46 Mergers and Demergers
Chapter 47 Leveraged buyouts (LBOs)
Chapter 48 Bankruptcy and restructuring

Part Two : Managing working capital, cash flows, financial risks and real estate

Chapter 49 Managing working capital
Chapter 50 Managing cash flows
Chapter 51 Managing financial risks
Chapter 52 Managing operational real estate
Epilogue- Finance and strategy
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