Customer Review: High quality data and right up to date (Autumn 2006). The book is helpfully divided into two parts ~ the first half explains many of the useful topics needed to understand restructured debt and corporate distress and the second half gives detailed advice on building or understanding typical models... more info
Customer Review: I have written software based on Altman's original work and it still comes up with surprisingöy accurate results however there are still many issues about how modern companies are structured and the shift to a services based economy where people are one of the main assets of many corporations.
Customer Review: When I looked at the publication date above it said: "Paperback - 248 pages 2 edition (February 1999). In fact this book was actually published in 1991, making it 10 years old. If you were reading this book in say 1992 or 1993 it would be really relevant, but not in 2001. The basic information still... more info
Customer Review: This book is a collection of academic papers on the subject of corporate bankruptcy and distress. The writers present an excellent but somewhat repetitive body of information in a very passive manner. As such, the book is a real snore! So if you choose to read it, drink an extra large Starbucks... more info
Customer Review: This is a good book for those who want to have quick and easy introduction to credit risk measurement and management. It not only introduce different theories of credit risk approaches but simplifies many concepts that are being used as buzz words on resumes. Best part is it is written in simple... more info
Customer Review: Given that high yield bonds make up fully 25% of U.S. public corporate debt, and 19% of European corporate debt, you'd think there's be more and better books written on the subject. Think again. The best material on high yield bonds is written by the underwriters and research departments... more info
