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Financing and Raising Capital provides coverage of all options for raising finance at different stages of your company's growth.

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Contributors Best Practice-Issuing Debt Optimizing the Capital Structure: Finding the Right Balance between Debt and Equity Meziane Lasfer Issuing Corporate Debt Steven Lowe Banks and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Recent Business Developments Sergio Schmukler, Augusto de la Torre, and María Soledad Martínez Pería Capital Structure: A Strategy that Makes Sense John C. Groth Capital Structure: Perspectives John C. Groth Capital Structure: Implications John C. Groth Credit Ratings David Wyss Raising Capital in the United Kingdom Lauren Mills Minimizing Credit Risk Frank J. Fabozzi How and When to Use Nonrecourse Financing Thomas McKaig Understanding the True Cost of Issuing Convertible Debt and Other Equity-Linked Financing Roger Lister Securitization: Understanding the Risks and Rewards Tarun Sabarwal Using Securitization as a Corporate Funding Tool Frank J. Fabozzi What the Rise of Global Banks Means for Your Company Chris Skinner Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets Peter Koveos and Pierre Yourougou Best Practice-Equity Investment Sources of Venture Capital Lawrence Brotzge Assessing Opportunities for Growth in Small and Medium Enterprises Frank Hoy Equity Issues by Listed Companies: Rights Issues and Other Methods Seth Armitage Attracting Small Investors Wondimu Mekonnen Raising Capital in Global Financial Markets Reena Aggarwal Financial Steps in an IPO for a Small or Medium-Size Enterprise Hung-Gay Fung The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Financing Hao Jiang Understanding and Accessing Private Equity for Small and Medium Enterprises Arne-G. Hostrup Assessing Venture Capital Funding for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Alain Fayolle and Joseph LiPuma Price Discovery in IPOs Jos van Bommel How to Set the Hurdle Rate for Capital Investments Jon Tucker Private Investments in Public Equity William K. Sjostrom, Jr Understanding Equity Capital in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Siri Terjesen IPOs in Emerging Markets Janusz Brzeszczynski Managing Activist Investors and Fund Managers Leslie L. Kossoff Acquiring a Secondary Listing, or Cross-Listing Meziane Lasfer The Cost of Going Public: Why IPOs Are Typically Underpriced Lena Booth Checklists-Issuing Debt Assessing Cash Flow and Bank Lending Requirements The Bond Market: Its Structure and Function Financial Intermediaries: Their Role and Relation to Financial Markets Franchising a Business How to Manage Your Credit Rating How to Use Receivables as Collateral Maintaining the Banking Relationship Measuring Gearing Money Markets: Their Structure and Function Overview of Loan Agreements Raising Capital by Issuing Bonds Steps for Obtaining Bank Financing Understanding and Using Interest Coverage Ratios Understanding and Using Leverage Ratios Understanding Debt Cover Understanding Fixed-Charge Coverage Checklists-Equity Investment Dealing with Venture Capital Companies Investors and the Capital Structure Options for Raising Finance An Overview of Stockholders' Agreements Raising Capital by Issuing Shares Raising Capital through Private and Public Equity Sovereign Wealth Funds-Investment Strategies and Objectives Sovereign Wealth Funds-Profiles of the Top 10 Players Understanding Capital Markets, Structure and Function Understanding Capital Structure Theory: Modigliani and Miller Understanding the Cost of Capital and the Hurdle Rate Understanding the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Using Mezzanine Financing Index

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Includes contributions from over 30 leading practitioners and academics, including Lawrence Brotzge (consultant and angel investor), David Wyss (chief economist, Standard & Poor's), Frank J. Fabozzi (professor, Yale), Seth Armitage (professor, Edinburgh), and Augusto de la Torre (chief economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank).