Investment Banking for Dummies, Paperback

Investment Banking For Dummies 2e will help readers to understand how investment bankers help governments and business organizations raise money by issuing bonds, stocks and other financial products. This book tracks to typical university courses on the subject and helps students and professionals understand the fundamentals of investment banking. Topics include:

• Strategies for risk management, such as market, credit, operating, reputation, legal, and funding risk
• Key investment banking operations including: venture capital and buyouts, Merger & Acquisitions services, equity underwriting, debt, underwriting securitization, financial engineering, investment management, and securities services
• Relationships between leveraged buyout (LBO) funds, hedge funds, and corporate and institutional clients
• New section on cryptocurrencies
• Updates to IPO coveage to include "unicorns" -- UBER, Lyft, Beyond Meat, and AirBNB

Matt Krantz (Los Angeles, CA) is a nationally known financial journalist who specializes on investing topics. He has been with USA TODAY since 1999, where he covers financial markets and Wall Street, concentrating on developments affecting individual investors. In addition to covering markets for the print edition of USA TODAY, Matt writes a daily online investing column called "Ask Matt." Matt's recent books include Investing Online For Dummies and Fundamental Analysis For Dummies. Krantz is the author of Investing Online For Dummies and Fundamental Analysis For Dummies.

Robert R. Johnson, (Charlottesville, VA), PhD, CFA, CAIA, is a Professor of Finance at Creighton University, where he teaches in the Master of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management Program. He was formerly President and CEO of The American College of Financial Services and Deputy CEO of the CFA Institute. He has been extensively quoted in the global financial media.