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Insider guidance to the modern world of investment banking today
In Investment Banking Explained, Wharton professor and global financier Michel Fleuriet provides a complete overview of investment banking in its modern form; defines key terms; identifies structures, strategies, and operational aspects; and analyzes the strategy in each of the main functional areas of an investment bank.
A Comprehensive Ground-Floor View of Investment Banking
Everything from key terms to advanced strategies
Investment Banking Explained provides a clear overview of this complex industry. It covers the history, key terms, structures, and strategies of investment banking and breaks the business down into its respective specialties--from traders, brokers, and analysts to relationship managers, hedgers, and retirement planners--illustrating how each contributes to the industry as a whole.
Written by a high-level investment-banking veteran, this comprehensive guide examines the operations of the world's most successful firms and their shifting approach to risk. It then travels to capital markets around the world to explain how investment banks are forging their international strategies.
Investment Banking Explained is the first step to gaining a clear and complete understanding of one of the most complicated, rapidly expanding, and critically important industries in the world today.
Michel Fleuriet, Ph.D., was the Harry W. Reynolds International Adjunct Professor of Finance, Wharton School of Finance, at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a professor in Paris University's Masters program in investment banking. Prior to his career in academics, Fleuriet served as chairman of HSBC France, chairman and head of investment banking at Merrill Lynch France, CEO of Chase Manhattan France, and director of M&A at Worms & CIE.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very insightful guide to the business of Investment Banking,
This review is from: Investment Banking Explained: An Insider's Guide to the Industry (Hardcover)
Q:What is this book about?
Professor Fleuriet is definitely an expert in his field. I read the book because I am due to have an internship at an investment bank, and I had felt that my overall knowledge about the area is fairly lacking. "Investment Banking Explained" does what it claims to do: it gives you a straight and clear overview of all the major areas of the business. It successfully treads a fine line: neither does it give you too much detail, which would make you lost in the text, nor does it give you too little, which is something many books attempting to be clear do. For example, Professor Fleuriet explains what a CDO is and then, yes, assumes you are familiar with what it is in order to go on in explaining further concepts based on this. You do not need to be familiar with the jargon at all, yet after reading the book you will have a good overall understanding, which is what the book aims to give you. Another feature is Professor Fleuriet's attitude, more "describing" than "judging", when explaining the various concepts. For example, he points out that there is a fair amount of doubt as to whether a high majority of M&A transactions actually creates value for the acquiring shareholders. In other words, unlike most books claiming explain Investment Banking, Professor Fleuriet really does just that, without implicitly or explicitly telling you what you should think. It's your job to think it through and make up your mind. But that is certainly hard to do if you read about IB from one of the myriad of titles "clarifying" how IB is really just a bunch of fat, greedy bankers sitting on horrendous amounts of money. You may or may not agree with that, but probably you would like the book rather to explain what these fat, greedy bankers do in the first place. That's what you get from this title. Considering the book was published in mid-2008, one can understand the little amount of coverage given to the recent crisis, which really started to spread widely in the news in early August 2007. Sometimes I thought, though, that the book could incorporate more on some of the revelations the recent crisis gave concerning how the various new financial structures have actually been performing. Not that I would be in the dark about it, but after reading this book, I certainly am interested on what Professor Fleuriet thinks about that. I would like to express my thanks to Professor Fleuriet for his expert explanation. The book was certainly worth the time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For students, bankers, executives, researchers, investors, and regulators alike.,
By Remrie Arrie ""I smile when you smile"... (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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Target Audience: "I wrote this book to demystify the workings of investment banks. If you are in touch with one side or another of an investment bank--whether you are a customer, supplier, professional, or competitor--I hope that this will enable you to negotiate your way more easily. It has also been my goal to explain how investment banks really function for the many business school students who go into investment banking each year. They need to be iexperts in their area, but they also need to know what the other areas of the bank are doing if they want to be involved in solving the complex financial problems of their clients. This book should answer the many questions asked by senior executives who are selecting an investment bank.Finally, I hope that my experience in the business will prove useful for my colleagues in any of these institutions who are still wondering what the heck happens here and what course of action they should be taking in light of what investment banks have done in the past, and are doing now."
__________________________________________ About the Author: "Michel Fleuriet is currently an associate profesor at the University of Paris-Dauphine. He is also a visiting professor with the international business schools in China (CKGSB), Brazil (FDC), and the United States (Wharton). Fleuriet spent hhalf of his professional career in the academic world and half as an investment banker. He started his career as a lawyer at the Paris bar....." He became an assistant, assistant professor, and professor of finance at leading business schools in France, held executive positions at major investment banks.... he can walk down the aisle and receive diplomas in his sleep and eats them for breakfast. yada yada yada..... ____________________________________________ In other words, simply put, this guy got skillz! This author is extremely intelligent in this topic and it shows. This book appears to be have been proof read by financial and literary gods, it is seemingly perfect in every detail you could ever hope for in a professional, informational, and educational business book that is thorough with notes and sources. While this book is not my favorite financial, business, investing book, I have to say it is by far the best book I have ever read. Thoroughly enjoyed and this is the first and foremost recommended book on investment banking I recommend for anyone. He holds no bias. This book does not glorify nor vilify anyone or anything mentioned. All content, sources, examples, and statistics are presented to the reader to form their own opinions, and learn how and why investment banks work. One of the more fascinating things I learned in reading this is the apparent cat and mouse game between investment banks, and commercial banks. As well as empathy and sympathy that comes with better understanding banks for what they are and how they work, rather than blindly damning them or praising them for what they do. This would be the financial/business banking equivalent of a book on juvenile delinquency. Ironically in some cases, this is exactly what it is!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really solid overview of the industry.,
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Starting from very beginning of banking in general this book brings readers to easily understandable overview of investment banking activities nowadays. Nice to see comments on relationship of investment banking industry to financial crisis of 2007.
Bit expensive given that no technical details are included but still from my stand point it's good value for the money.
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