Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity

Part I1. Overview of Investment Banking2. Regulation of the Securities Industry3. Financings4. Mergers and Acquisitions5. Trading6. Asset Management, Wealth Management and Research7. Exchanges, Clearing and Settlement and Credit Rating Agencies8. International Banking9. Convertible Securities and Innovation10. Investment Banking Careers, Opportunities and Issues Part II11. Overview of Hedge Funds12. Hedge Fund Investment Strategies13. Shareholder Activism and Impact on Corporations14. Risk, Regulation and Organizational Structure15. Hedge Fund Performance and Issues16. Overview of Private Equity17. LBO Financial Model18. Private Equity Impact on Corporations19. Organization, Compensation, Regulation and Limited Partners20. Private Equity Issues and Opportunities21. Private Equity in China Cases1. Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear2. Investment Banking in 2008 (B): A Brave New World3. Freeport-McMoran: Financing an Acquisition4. The Best Deal Gillette Could Get?: Procter & Gamble's Acquisition of Gillette5. A Tale of Two Hedge Funds: Magnetar and Peloton6. Kmart, Sears and ESL: How a Hedge Fund Became One of the World's Largest Retailers7. McDonald's, Wendy's and Hedge Funds-Hamburger Hedging?: Hedge Fund Activisim8. Porsche, Volkswagen and CSX: Cars, Trains and Derivatives9. The Toys "R Us LBO10. Cerberus and the U.S. Auto Industry11. H.J. Heinz M&A Transaction12. Quintilles IPO Transaction13. New Case on M&A Transaction Litigation (name to be determined)