A comprehensive look at the enormous growth and evolution of distressed debt markets, corporate bankruptcy, and credit risk models This Fourth Edition of 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-"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"- | Corporate Financial Distress Restructuring and Bankruptcy by Edward I. Altman, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters