northwestern university kellogg school of management wall street hedge funds and private equity lbo evening course at jacobs center spring quarter 2006 finc 931 professor david stowell e mail d edu telephone 847 441 0649 home 467 0291 office 447 description this focuses on the activities their influence corporate decision making measures that are taken to counter threats exploit opportunities represented by these investors competition cooperation between investment banks will also be analyzed in addition reviews innovative debt convertible transactions with a particular focus fund investing hedging strategies relation securities three senior guest lecturers represent perspectives required text no there case packet containing reading material additional posted blackboard grading class participation 20 weighting classroom comments questions should demonstrate knowledge topic being discussed facilitate learning for entire preparation discussions is particularly important
