High Yield Debt - An Insider'S Guide To The Marketplace

Investors, wealth advisors, investment bankers, business school students, lawyers, accountants, rating agencies and research providers are increasingly faced with difficult questions on high yield. The press frequently uses jargon that even experienced market participants have difficulty understanding. At present, there are few resources that market participants can look to for answers. While other books on the high yield market are specialized, most market participants are engaged at a level where they are simply deciding whether to buy into a high yield fund and, if so, which one. The book addresses this knowledge gap and is intended as a one stop shop for the widest possible audience, explaining high yield debt, articulating how to evaluate risk (is it junk or something more) and how to make sense of the opportunity set.

RAJAY BAGARIA is President and Chief Investment Officer of Wasserstein Debt Opportunities, a credit hedge fund Mr. Bagaria established with backing from Wasserstein & Co. He has been a Partner and Investment Committee member at Apollo Investment Management and an investor at Goldman Sachs & Co.'s Principal Investment Area.