Corporate Finance For Dummies - UK

The maths, the formulas, and the problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated, but help is at hand.

Corporate Finance For Dummies, UK Edition covers all the basics of corporate finance, including: accounting statements; cash flow; raising and managing capital; choosing investments; managing risk; determining dividends; mergers and acquisitions; and valuation. It also serves as an excellent resource to supplement corporate finance coursework and as a primer for exams.  

Inside you’ll discover:

• The tools and expert advice you need to understand corporate finance principles and strategies
• Introductions to the practices of determining an operating budget, calculating future cash flow, and scenario analysis - in plain English
• Information on the risks and rewards associated with corporate finance and lending
• Easy–to–understand explanations and examples
• Help to pass your corporate finance exam!

Steve Collings is Audit and Technical Director for Leavitt Walmsley Associates Ltd. Steve is a regular contributor to AccountingWEB.co.uk and is the author of IFRS For Dummies and the UK edition of Financial Accounting For Dummies. In 2011, Steve was named Accounting Technician of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards. Michael Taillard, PhD, MBA, owns and operates OPII Schools, an award-winning national private school and tutoring company designed as a philanthropic experiment in macroeconomic cash flows as a form of urban renewal.

Learn to: Make sense of the maths and equations associated with corporate finance Understand the key concepts and terminology Get to grips with accounting statements, cash flow, business valuation, risk management and more The fast, easy way to get to grips with the basics of corporate finance The maths, concepts, formulas and problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated! Corporate Finance For Dummies covers all the basics, including accounting statements, cash flow, raising and managing capital, choosing investments, managing risk, determining dividends, mergers and acquisitions and valuation. It serves as an excellent resource to supplement corporate finance coursework and as a primer for exams. Know the whys and wherefores find out what corporate finance is all about, understand the vital role it plays in business organisations and meet the people who use it Learn to read Financialese down-to-earth explanations of key terms and calculations (and why theyre used) make learning to read complex financial information fast and easy Assess assets discover how to accurately assess the current and future values of major assets, including capital assets, stocks, bonds, derivatives and more Make risk manageable get the lowdown on Modern Portfolio Theory, capital structure assessment and other core concepts in financial risk management Rate performance learn to measure a companys financial performance, forecast future performance and assess the performance of other companies for potential mergers and acquisitions Open the book and find: Plain-English definitions of corporate finance jargon Ratio analysis techniques for making financial statements useful The main ways corporations can raise capital The lowdown on acquiring, managing and valuing debt How to value capital investments, plus stocks, bonds and derivatives Ten things you need to know about behavioural finance A brief introduction to international finance

Learn to: Make sense of the maths and equations associated with corporate finance Understand the key concepts and terminology Get to grips with accounting statements, cash flow, business valuation, risk management and more The fast, easy way to get to grips with the basics of corporate finance The maths, concepts, formulas and problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated! Corporate Finance For Dummies covers all the basics, including accounting statements, cash flow, raising and managing capital, choosing investments, managing risk, determining dividends, mergers and acquisitions and valuation. It serves as an excellent resource to supplement corporate finance coursework and as a primer for exams. Know the whys and wherefores find out what corporate finance is all about, understand the vital role it plays in business organisations and meet the people who use it Learn to read Financialese down-to-earth explanations of key terms and calculations (and why theyre used) make learning to read complex financial information fast and easy Assess assets discover how to accurately assess the current and future values of major assets, including capital assets, stocks, bonds, derivatives and more Make risk manageable get the lowdown on Modern Portfolio Theory, capital structure assessment and other core concepts in financial risk management Rate performance learn to measure a companys financial performance, forecast future performance and assess the performance of other companies for potential mergers and acquisitions Open the book and find: Plain-English definitions of corporate finance jargon Ratio analysis techniques for making financial statements useful The main ways corporations can raise capital The lowdown on acquiring, managing and valuing debt How to value capital investments, plus stocks, bonds and derivatives Ten things you need to know about behavioural finance A brief introduction to international finance

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