num_pages: 268
description: The First Practical Guide to Credit Analysis for Todays $3500000000000 High-Yield Leveraged Bond and Loan MarketsThe high-yield leveraged bond and loan market now exceeds $2.3 trillion in North America 650 billion in Europe and another $600 billion in emerging marketsand its growing fast. This market combines aspects of conventional fixed income markets the event-driven volatility typically associated with equities and structural features present nowhere else. To succeed in this market you need credit analysis skills and insights specifically designed for it. Now for the first time theres a complete practical guide to performing this analysis. Credit Suisse high-yield specialist Robert S. Kricheff focuses on how financial professionals actually prepare and use leveraged finance credit analysis offering examples addressing diverse scenarios and a wide spectrum of credit risks from companies near-investment-grade to firms in bankruptcy. He illuminates credit analysis as a dynamic process shows how to evaluate both financial liquidity and asset protection demonstrates how to use the fields key tools and explains how to apply the insights that make analysis an art not just a science.  Projecting liquidity Will sufficient cash be generated to pay interest and principal?  Evaluating assets Can the investor be protected by the value of underlying assets?  Applying financial ratios and metrics How can credit quality be analyzed and investment options compared?  Evaluating management and ownership Can the company leaders deliver what they promise?  Investing on breaking news How can you profit from the junk bond markets volatility?
language: English
title: A Pragmatist's Guide to Leveraged Finance: Credit Analysis for Bonds and Bank Debt
publisher: Ft Pr