Guy Fraser-Sampson draws upon twenty years' private equity experience to provide a practical guide to mastering the intricacies of this highly specialist asset class. Aimed equally at investors, professionals and business school students, it starts with such fundamental questions as "what is private equity?" and progresses to detailed analysis of venture and buyout returns. It also unveils a totally new concept which looks set to revolutionise thinking in the industry: Total Return investing. Often unfairly reviled, and frequently misunderstood, private equity differs from all other asset classes in various important respects, not least in the nature and timing of its returns, which require a whole new approach for those reared on more traditional investments such as bonds and shares. This book shows how a good grasp of the basic structure of private equity vehicles and returns (including the dreaded J-curve) can lead to full understanding of the techniques needed to measure and analyse performance. Key points include: A glossary of private equity terms Venture funds and transactions Buyout funds and transactions Understanding private equity returns Analysis of historic returns How to plan a fund investment programme How to conduct effective due diligence Total Return investing
Written by bestselling finance author Guy Fraser-Sampson, this is a provocative account of the severe limitations of modern finance, advocating a bold new way forward for the finance industry. The Pillars of Finance is a lively and provocative read, challenging some of the core beliefs of modern finance.
No Fear Finance is an accessible guide to the essentials of the finance and investment sectors for individuals who may be approaching the subject for the first time, or who are coming to it from a non-finance background. Covering the fundamentals of finance - including an overview of business finance, the basics of accountancy, financial risk and investment vehicles - the book removes much of the fear experienced by many people when confronted with complex financial issues, and enables them to gain a clear understanding of the basic principles of finance, to which more complicated financial models can then be applied.
Blackstone's Police Manual on Crime is the leading text on police law, and the only official reference work for police officers preparing for promotion examinations and for probationary officers. It covers all aspects of road traffic law and procedure from a police officer's perspective. Thisnew edition has been extensively revised to incorporate all legislative developments such as the Police Reform Act 2002, and incorporates a number of case decisions and changes in policy. It also includes a new improved page design to aid independent study.Blackstone's Police Manuals have become the best-selling police reference text in the UK. In addition to being the only official study guide for the police promotion examination in England and Wales, and the recognised text for police probationers, the Manuals have quickly established themselves asthe definitive source for all who are involved in police law and procedure.Endorsed by Central Police Training and Development Authority, the Manuals have been written in consultation with polices force in England and Wales, incorporating views from Detective schools, Driver Training Centres, and operational officer and police managers countrywide. The Police Reform Act 2002 marks the latest and most wide-ranging of the government's effort to redesign and reinforce policing policy across England and Wales. Touching upon many fundamental aspects of policing, form arrestable offences to the introudction of a national policing plan, the PoliceReform Act 2002 will change the face, focus and future of policing. As such, its provisions and their implications are addressed in detail throughout the manuals. Further topical areas covered include terrorism, immigration, firearms and sex offenders.
The LNAT entrance exam is now a requirement at many leading UK universities. This fully revised and up to date guide provides an in-depth understanding of both Parts A and B of the test. The rationale and use of critical reasoning tests is explained, including the style and format of the multiple-choice questions used. A practice test is provided which follows the LNAT approach, together with explanations of both the correct and incorrect answers. This edition contains new questions and answers and a new section on applying to university to read law.
This welcome addition to the hugely popular Mapp and Lucia series finds Major Flint in need of a new servant, Miss Mapp in need of a summer tenant, and Quaint Irene in need of a pint of bitter. Romantic entanglements stir the still waters of Tilling society, cunning plots are laid, and unforeseen complications ensue. Who is doing what to whom with a bottle of sesame oil? What is the truth behind the great Tilling chocolate cake mystery? Why does Major Flint need a loaded elephant gun? Did Miss Mapp really poison the Padre? Are Diva Plaistow’s days as a single woman numbered? How will Mr Wyse measure up as a man of action? Or Susan as a marriage counsellor? Oh yes … and what really happened to Lucy? Double best-selling author Guy Fraser-Sampson, a life-long Mapp and Lucia fan, superbly captures the literary style of the original series, and offers us a new depth of understanding for many of Tilling’s best-loved characters.
Intelligent Investing is first ever practical guide for investors on how to initiate and conduct a strategic planning exercise. Guy Fraser-Sampson explains the concepts and behavioural factors likely to be encountered, and shows how a clear understanding of an investor's strategic positioning flows naturally into good asset allocation practice.
The Hampstead police look to classic detective fiction to crack a baffling case in “a loving tribute to Dorothy Sayers [and a] witty and clever whodunit” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A series of ugly killings has shattered the orderly workings of the Hampstead police station. And truth be told, they have shattered the confidence of the lead investigator on the case, who has long taken pride in his old-school “copper’s nose.” When yet another body turns up, he’s forced to give way to a new chief with fancy new detecting techniques. But when those, too, prove unequal to the task, the police are stymied. So they reach back to the past, invoking the skills of one of the great Gentleman Sleuths of the golden age of detective fiction. Is this nutty? No doubt. But Lord Peter Wimsey always got his man.
The investment landscape has changed dramatically over the last few years, destroying many of the old certainties by which investors lived their lives. In particular, it has shaken belief in the ability of traditional asset types such as bonds and equities to protect them from abnormal market conditions, and it has brought home how closely correlation between different markets can be squeezed together by extreme pressure. Future investors will have to regard so-called "alternative" assets as essential elements within their portfolios, and be prepared to deal with the complexities that this will entail. This will in turn force a re-appraisal of core concepts such as "risk" and "return", not least because some alternative asset classes do not lend themselves well to traditional return measures. Exciting times lie ahead, but a thorough working knowledge of the various alternative asset classes will be an essential pre-requisite to success, and perhaps even to survival. Alternative Assets meets investor's need for a guide on where to allocate in this new climate. It provides investors with a primer on each alternative asset class, as well as practical tips on the pros and cons, implementation, returns analysis, fees and costs. It also offers introductory guidance on how to set investment targets, and how alternative assets can be accommodated within the allocation process. Each chapter gives useful background knowledge on a particular asset type, including a discussion of whether a satisfactory beta return level exists and, if so, the different ways in which it might be accessed. Written by best-selling author Guy Fraser-Sampson, this book guides investors through the new look alternative investment arena, providing post-financial crisis perspective and investment advice on the alternatives landscape.
The book explains that instead of asset allocation being set in an isolated and arbitrary fashion, it is in fact the way in which specific hurdle investment returns can be targeted, and that this approach is already in use in the US (and has been for many years). It involves extended and detailed financial analysis of various asset class returns and proposes a five-asset class approach for future use. Opening with a study of the historic asset allocation practice of UK pension funds, the book shows how the current approach has led to the present funding crisis. It goes on to compare and contrast the UK approach with that of the US and to propose a new approach to UK asset allocation: the five asset class approach ("MAC Investing"). The book reviews and analyses different asset classes based on historic returns, examines risk, and concludes with a suggestion of the five asset classes to use; Quoted equities (both Domestic and foreign), hedge funds, private equity and property. This book also includes benchmark performance figures never previously published.
The past is interfering with the Hampstead police, cluttering otherwise ordinary 21st-century investigations. One recent murder is odd on its own--the victim seems to have been attacked with a police truncheon--but it gets weirder when a second body turns up: one hidden since the '30s and accompanied by some letters...from a certain Miss Christie.
Blackstone's Police Manual on Road Traffic is the leading text on police law, and the only official reference work for police officers preparing for promotion examinations and for probationary officers. It covers all aspects of road traffic law and procedure from a police officer'sperspective. This new edition has been extensively revised to incorporate all legislative developments such as the Police Reform Act 2002, as well as a number of case decisions and changes in policy. It also includes a new clear pages design to aid independent study. Blackstone's Police Manuals have become the best-selling police reference text in the UK. In addition to being the only official study guide for the police promotion examination in England and Wales, and the recognized text for police probationers, the Manuals have quickly established themselves asthe definitive source for all who are involved in police law and procedure.Endorsed by Central Police Training and Development Authority, the Manuals have been written in consultation with polices force in England and Wales, incorporating views from Detective schools, Driver Training Centres, and operational officer and police managers countrywide. The Police Reform Act 2002 marks the latest and most wide-ranging of the government's effort to redesign and reinforce policing policy across England and Wales. Touching upon many fundamental aspects of policing, form arrestable offences to the introduction of a national policing plan, the PoliceReform Act 2002 will change the face, focus and future of policing. As such, its provisions and their implications are addressed in detail throughout the manuals. Further topical areas covered include terrorism, immigration, firearms and sex offenders.
Blackstone's Police Manual on General Police Duties is the leading text on police law, and the only official reference work for police officers preparing for promotion examinations and for probationary officers. It covers all aspects of general police duties from a police officer'sperspective. This new edition has been extensively revised to incorporate all legislative developments such as the Police Reform Act 2002, and a number of case decisions and changes in policy. It also includes a new clear page design to aid independent study. Blackstone's Police Manuals have become the best-selling police reference text in the UK. In addition to being the only official study guide for the police promotion examination in England and Wales, and the recognized text for police probationers, the Manuals have quickly established themselves asthe definitive source for all who are involved in police law and procedure.Endorsed by Central Police Training and Development Authority, the Manuals have been written in consultation with polices force in England and Wales, incorporating views from Detective schools, Driver Training Centres, and operational officer and police managers countrywide. The Police Reform Act 2002 marks the latest and most wide-ranging of the government's effort to redesign and reinforce policing policy across England and Wales. Touching upon many fundamental aspects of policing, form arrestable offences to the introduction of a national policing plan, the PoliceReform Act 2002 will change the face, focus and future of policing. As such, its provisions and their implications are addressed in detail throughout the manuals. Further topical areas covered include terrorism, immigration, firearms and sex offenders.
The new edition of the Police Investigator's Manual is essential material for the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, it draws on material from three of the current Manuals (Crime, Evidence and Procedure, and General Police Duties), consisting of those sections that the NSLEC Centre for Investigative Skills has identified as essential material for the ICIDP. These are: Property Offences; Assaults, Drugs, Firearms and Defences; Sexual Offences and Offences Against Children and Other Vulnerable Persons; and Evidence. Now in it's second edition, this popular manual is fully updated with particular reference to the revised PACE Codes of Practice and the Police Reform Act 2002. Three new key chapters on drugs, firearms and homicide have been added and the book has a new, accessible page design which will aid learning.
The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual and Workbook 2007 are the only official study texts for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE) which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, thispack provides legal information which is relevant to the role of a trainee investigator, namely in the areas of Property Offences, Assaults, Drugs, Firearms and Defences, Sexual Offences, Offences Against Children and Evidence. The Workbook takes the trainee investigator through each of the examination topics and includes a variety of exercises, case studies, examples and A-type multiple-choice questions plus useful cross references to the Manual in the answers section.Now in it's fifth edition, this popular set is completely updated for the 2006/7 syllabus with reference to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA), the updates to the PACE Codes of Practice, the Drugs Act 2005 and the Terrorism Bill.
Blackstone's Police Manuals are officially-recognized and accredited texts specifically written for police officers, endorsed by National Police Training and the Police Promotion Examinations Board. This work focuses on general police duties.
The law and procedure regulating the conduct of the police has become increasingly relevant to practitioners over the last 15 years. Now, with comprehensive changes to the ways in which all matters of police performance and conduct are reported, investigated and addressed, the importance of this area of law has expanded considerably. Concern over the proper investigation of complaints against police, the application of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the introduction of the Police Efficiency and Discipline Regulations have made this important area more complex and controversial than ever. Taking a practical approach, this text leads the reader through each stage of the relevant internal and external processes by which alleged poor performance or misconduct by the police can be addressed.
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