Introduction to Corporate Finance, 3rd Canadian Edition 
Laurence Booth (University of Toronto), W. Sean Cleary (Queen’s University)
ISBN: 978-1-118-30076-3
©2013
960 pages

Booth/Cleary Introduction to Corporate Finance is the only ground-up Canadian introductory finance textbook on the market.  The text’s authors, internationally renowned researchers, Laurence Booth (University of Toronto), and Sean Cleary (Queen’s), provide students with a solid foundation in the theory and application of corporate finance topics within a uniquely Canadian context.  The authors present complex material in an accessible and applied fashion, which gives students both a strong understanding and an interest in the subject.  Booth/Cleary Introduction to Corporate Finance is the only book that will provide students with the skills they need to succeed not only in the undergraduate course, but in their future careers.

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Robert Parrino, University of Texas, Austin
David S. Kidwell, University of Minnesota
ISBN: 9781118845899
©2012
784 pages

Parrino, Kidwell & Bates, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 2nd Edition is a balanced approach to the main theme of value creation balanced by risk management. The goal of this text is to provide both intuitive and calculation based- to master content. Material is organized from the most concrete to the most abstract provided with regular opportunities to review, practice, and self-test.

This issue emphasizes building intuitive abilities to solve problems that occur in the business world. Once principles and concepts are understood, the goal is to have a knowledge-based intuitive understanding of financial projects and situations. In addition, the book addresses demands for intellectual and mathematical rigor and includes features showing the relevance of finance to other business disciplines. Real-world examples offer repeated opportunities to develop problem-solving skills through stepped-out Learn By Doing Applications that present realistic business situations. Decision Making Examples are based on actual business scenarios and emphasize the decision making process of the financial manager.

European Edition: Corporate Finance
Peter Moles, Robert Parrino, and David Kidwell
ISBN: 9780470683705
©2011
992 pages

Based on the highly acclaimed ‘Fundamentals of Corporate Finance’ by Parrino and Kidwell as above, this edition provides a European/international institutional setting, with a particular emphasis on Europe. For instance, all the examples make use of European countries, such as L’Oreal, Royal Dutch, Shell, Rio Tinto, Carrefour, Nokia amongst others. Where financial decisions are affected by institutional and regulatory factors, such as when firms go public via an initial public offering, this is explained within the context of the European regulatory and institutional environment.

New and significantly revised chapters are included, dealing with corporate risk management and international finance. In particular these significantly adapted chapters now include coverage of why firms manage risk and a full discussion of the key derivative instruments: forwards, futures, swaps and options. The discussion of international finance addresses the complexities of country risk assessments, the cost of capital and the differences in institutional environment – in this case, with a short examination of Islamic finance.

Investments: Analysis and Management, 12th Edition
Charles P. Jones, North Carolina State Univ.
ISBN: 978-1-118-36329-4
©2013
640 pages

Throughout changing investment opportunities, problems, and controversies, Charles P. Jones’s Investments remains one of the most readable and comprehensive investments texts today. Students can count on the new 12th Edition for clarity, currency, and balance. An effective organizational structure and essentials approach, important analytical methods, data, and finance concepts are all presented at a level that individuals of all investments backgrounds can master.

Investments 12e teaches Finance and Financial Planning readers to evaluate investment information, and then guides them to seize opportunities and make sound decisions on their own.

Fixed Income Securities: Valuation, Risk, and Risk Management
Pietro Veronesi, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
ISBN: 978-0-470-10910-6
©2011
848 pages

The deep understanding of the forces that affect the valuation, risk and return of fixed income securities and their derivatives has never been so important. As the world of fixed income securities becomes more complex, anybody who studies fixed income securities must be exposed more directly to this complexity.

This book provides a thorough discussion of these complex securities, the forces affecting their prices, their risks, and of the appropriate risk management practices. Fixed Income Securities, however, provides a methodology, and not a “shopping list” of all the possible interest rate securities ever been invented. It provides instead examples and methodologies that can be applied quite universally, once the basic concepts have been understood.

Applied Corporate Finance, 3rd Edition
Aswath Damodaran, Stern School of Business, New York Univ.
ISBN: 978-0-470-38464-0
©2010
752 pages

Aswath Damodaran, distinguished author, Professor of Finance, and David Margolis Teaching Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business, has delivered the newest edition of Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual. Readable and usable in style and valuable in approach, this text provides the practical and succinct advice that students and practitioners need, rather than a sole concentration on debate theory, assumptions, or models.

Like no other text of its kind, the author applies corporate finance to real companies. The new 3rd Edition has four real-world core companies to study and follow. Perfected suited for MBA programs’ corporate finance and equity valuation courses, all business decisions are classified into three groups: the investment, financing, and dividend decisions.

Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, 8th Edition
Edwin J. Elton, New York Univ.
Martin J. Gruber, New York Univ.
Stephen J. Brown, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York Univ.
William N. Goetzmann, Yale Univ.
ISBN: 978-1-118-46994-1
©2014
752 pages

An update of a classic book in the field, Modern Portfolio Theory examines the characteristics and analysis of individual securities as well as the theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. It stresses the economic intuition behind the subject matter while presenting advanced concepts of investment analysis and portfolio management. Readers will also discover the strengths and weaknesses of modern portfolio theory as well as the latest breakthroughs.

An update of a definitive investment text, Modern Portfolio Theory is a comprehensive guide to asset allocation, portfolio optimization, asset pricing models, and securities analysis, with an emphasis on practical, empirical methodology and technique. The 8th edition been updated with new developments in behavioral finance and choice theory, recent results in asset pricing models, new research on hedge funds and mutual funds, and novel approaches to optimization, including the liability framework and simulation methods for investment decision making and risk analysis.