Corporate financial distress, restructuring, and bankruptcy : analyze leveraged finance, distressed debt, and bankruptcy / Edward I. Altman, Edith Hotchkiss, Wei Wang.

Revised edition of Corporate financial distress and bankruptcy, c2006.

"A comprehensive look at the enormous growth and evolution of distressed debt markets, corporate bankruptcy, and credit risk models ThisFourth Editionof the most authoritative finance book on the topic updates and expands its discussion of financial distress and bankruptcy, as well as the related topics dealing with leveraged finance, high-yield, and distressed debt markets. It offers state-of-the-art analysis and research on U.S. and international restructurings, applications of distress prediction models in financial and managerial markets, bankruptcy costs, restructuring outcomes, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

"Sales handles: - Altman is a thought leader in bankruptcy analysis and credit default, and creator of the famous Z-Score Model. Tradeable credit-based financial instruments are now a $1 trillion market, and one of the most profitable areas of investment for many institutional investors and banks in the last year. Book exploits this hot trend. - Content will be brought up to date on state-of-the-art techniques for analyzing and predicting bankruptcies. Additional scholarly content should make the book more attractive to the growing number of academics who may be considering teaching a course in this area. - Update on current developments in bankruptcy law and practice. New bankruptcy cases studies. Market description: Risk managers, derivative dealers and marketers, and quants at financial institutions and insurance companies. Institutional investors and hedge funds. Professors and students"-- Provided by publisher.

Corporate financial distress: introduction and statistical background -- An introduction to leveraged finance -- An overview of the U.S. bankruptcy process -- Restructuring out-of-court and the cost of financial distress -- Distressed firm valuation chapter -- Corporate governance in distressed firms -- Bankruptcy outcomes -- International evidence -- The high yield bond market: risks and returns for investors and analysts -- A 50-year retrospective on credit risk models, the Altman Z-Score family of models and their applications to financial markets and managerial strategies -- Applications of distress prediction models: by external analysts -- Distress prediction models: catalysts for constructive change -- Managing a financial turnaround -- A bottom-up approach to assessing sovereign default risk -- Anatomy of the distressed debt markets -- Investing in distressed firm securities -- Modeling and estimating recovery rates.