Financial Times Handbook of Corporate Finance, The

The Financial Times Handbook of Corporate Finance is the authoritative introduction to the principles and practices of corporate finance and the financial markets. Whether you are an experienced manager or finance officer, or youre new to financial decision making, this handbook identifies all those things that you really need to know:

        An explanation of value-based management

        Mergers and the problem of merger failures

        Investment appraisal techniques

        How to enhance shareholder value

        How the finance and money markets really work

        Controlling foreign exchange rate losses

        How to value a company

The second edition of this bestselling companion to finance has been thoroughly updated to ensure that your decisions continue to be informed by sound business principles. New sections include corporate governance, the impact of taxation on investment strategies, using excess return as a new value metric, up-to-date statistics which reflect the latest returns on shares, bonds and merger activities and a jargon-busting glossary to help you understand words, phrases and concepts.