This book brings together thought leadership from academia and leading figures in asset management in key global jurisdictions, to pool together insights regarding the transformative visions and challenges for modern investment management, as well as best practices that realise the policy objectives in regulation and soft law. The world of investment management is being challenged by new legal, regulatory and soft law developments to demonstrate that their practices cohere with the long-term needs of the saving population as well as public interest needs in financing global sustainability and social development. The chapters in this book uniquely bring together the views of academia and practice on the key developments that can transform the law and practice of investment management, including the EU's new sustainable finance reform package, the UK Stewardship Code 2020, and developments in the US regarding the fit between fiduciary law for investment management and modern sustainability concerns. The book brings together the best of both worlds–critical thoughtful perspectives from academia and qualitative insight from the investment management industry. It will be of interest to researchers in law, investment management, business and management, practitioners in the investment management industry and their legal advisers, and policy-makers in the EU, UK and beyond who are grappling with the appropriate governance paradigms for bringing about more sustainable outcomes globally.

Foundations of Financial Management has built a loyal following due to its strong real-world emphasis, clear writing style, and step-by-step explanations that simplify difficult concepts. As the field of finance has become much more analytical, the text focuses on the nuts and bolts of finance with a clear and thorough treatment of concepts and applications. The authors emphasize decision-oriented approaches rather than the old, descriptive approach. They have also stayed with their basic mission of making sure students can follow their discussions throughout the text. Block, Hirt, and Danielsen have always been devoted to producing a high-quality text by writing the entire book and all the problems themselves. The authors know what works and what doesn't work for students, and they have consistently maintained a product that is responsive to the demands of the marketplace.

For courses in financial management. Mastering the fundamental concepts of financial operations Using tools, making connections, and studying for success, are the three learning skills that students will gain in Financial Management: Core Concepts. The ideal resource for non-finance majors presents the key elements of financial operations. The book and support materials are student-centered, as readers build their skills and test their knowledge by forging connections between ideas and applying them to real-world situations. With the latest financial information available, the 4th Edition makes finance interesting and accessible to students unfamiliar with this topic by relating it to their own personal experiences and exploring this field across all disciplines.

Climate change, COVID-19, Ukraine: it seems that crises are here to stay, which poses major challenges for the financial management of companies. This book addresses these issues, and present concrete approaches to resolving them. Until recently, the past was considered a reliable basis for predicting the future. As this is no longer the case, financial calculation and management models must take uncertainty into account. This affects the entire discipline of financial management, whether it is the valuation of goodwill in accounting, the estimation of capital costs in company valuation, or the strategic controlling of an international group of companies. There are three main challenges to be overcome: first, uncertainty must be integrated into traditional models, then uncertainty must be quantified, and lastly, potential developments must be modelled. This requires not only a deep understanding of the respective field, but also the ability to suitably adapt traditional models and techniques. This volume discusses these issues and offers new insights into how financial management will evolve in light of the current developments.

Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice, 9th edition is a comprehensive guide to the field, introducing you to the key topics that will be essential to learn in your business, finance or accounting-related course and which align with the requirements of accounting professional bodies. Written and structured in a reader-friendly style for those new to the subject, the book provides practical examples from well-known companies, and offers a clear, step-by-step explanation of the essential principles and mathematical techniques without burdening you with unnecessary detail.

This book focuses on modelling financial information flows and information-based asset pricing framework. After introducing the fundamental properties of the framework, it presents a short information-theoretic perspective with a view to quantifying the information content of financial signals, and links the present framework with the literature on asymmetric information and market microstructure by means of a dynamic, bipartite, heterogeneous agent network. Numerical and explicit analyses shed light on the effects of differential information and information acquisition on the allocation of profit and loss as well as the pace of fundamental price discovery. The dynamic programming method is used to seek an optimal strategy for utilizing superior information. Lastly, the book features an implementation of the present framework using real-world financial data.

Evaluate your understanding of corporate finance with practice for today’s professional Corporate Finance: Economic Foundations and Financial Modeling Workbook, 3 rd Edition offers the key component of effective learning—practice. Designed for both students and investment professionals, this companion workbook aligns with the latest Corporate Finance text chapter-by-chapter. To improve your comprehension of core concepts, this book includes brief chapter summaries before diving into challenging practice questions and their solutions, while also laying out learning objectives so you can understand the “why” of each exercise. Edition will help you: Synthesize essential material from the main Corporate Finance text using real-world applications. Understand the key fundamentals of the corporate finance discipline. Work toward specific chapter objectives to internalize important information. CFA Institute is the world’s premier association for investment professionals, and the governing body for the CFA® Program, CIPM® Program, CFA Institute ESG Investing Certificate, and Investment Foundations® Program. Those seeking a deeper understanding of corporate finance and its overall impact on organizational growth will value the level of expertise CFA Institute brings to the discussion as well as the extra practice delivered in the third edition Corporate Finance: Economic Foundations and Financial Modeling Workbook based on real scenarios investors face every day.

The Short Introduction to Corporate Finance provides an accessibly written guide to contemporary financial institutional practice. Rau deploys both his professional expertise and experience of teaching MBA and graduate-level courses to produce a lively discussion of the key concepts of finance, liberally illustrated with real-world examples. Built around six essential paradigms, he builds an integrated framework covering all the major ideas in finance over the past half-century. Ideal for students and practitioners alike, it will become core reading for anyone aspiring to become an effective manager.

Develops a comprehensive framework for understanding entrepreneurial finance. Provides many practical educational tools, including a case study that runs across the entire text, a set of novel spreadsheet tools, and a variety of applied examples and exercises. Helps the reader move seamlessly from concept to application, and thus to get started as entrepreneur or investor. Provides a contemporary, diverse, and global outlook on entrepreneurial finance for students from all over the world. Written by renowned researchers and pioneers of the field, this text has strong academic foundations that allow students to understand financial structures, the behaviour of entrepreneurs, and a wide variety of investor types. Custom-developed spreadsheets, review exercises, slides, tables, and numerous other tools and support materials available at www.entrepreneurialfinance.net.

First published in 2012, Using Excel for Business and Financial Modelling contains step-by-step instructions of how to solve common business problems using financial models, including downloadable Excel templates, a list of shortcuts and tons of practical tips and techniques you can apply straight away. Whilst there are many hundreds of tools, features and functions in Excel, this book focuses on the topics most relevant to finance professionals. It covers these features in detail from a practical perspective, but also puts them in context by applying them to practical examples in the real world. Learn to create financial models to help make business decisions whilst applying modelling best practice methodology, tools and techniques.