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"Cover ""; ""Preface to the Fourth Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Statements""; ""Chapter 1 Merchant Banking: Nature and Scope ""; ""Origin of Merchant Banking""; ""Money Changer and Exchanger""; ""Merchant Banks in the United Kingdom""; ""Merchant Banking in India""; ""Banking Commission Report, 1972""; ""Services Rendered by Merchant Banks""; ""Organisation of Merchant Banking Units""; ""Investment Banking""; ""Investment Banks and Commercial Banks""; ""Restrictions on Commercial Banks""; ""Investment Banking in USA"" ""Glass-Stegall Banking Act, 1933""""Activities of Investment Banks in USA""; ""Universal Banking""; ""Definition of Universal Banking""; ""Chapter 2 Regulation of Merchant Banking Activity ""; ""Introduction""; ""Nature of Merchant Banking""; ""Capital Adequacy Requirement""; ""Activities of Merchant Bankers (July 01, 1998)""; ""Notifications of the Ministry of Finance and SEBI""; ""Rationale of Notifications""; ""Objectives of the Merchant Bankers Regulations""; ""Definition of Merchant Banker""; ""Consideration of Application""; ""Prospectus (Filing and Registration)"" ""Categories of Merchant Bankers""""Exemption from RBI Regulations""; ""Code of Conduct""; ""General Obligations and Responsibilities""; ""Responsibilities of Lead Manager""; ""Insider Trading""; ""Procedure for Inspection""; ""Defaults of Merchant Bankers and Penalty Points""; ""General Defaults""; ""Minor Defaults""; ""Major Defaults""; ""Serious Defaults""; ""Defaults in Prospectus""; ""General Negative Marks""; ""International Code and Standards""; ""Investment Recommendations""; ""Chapter 3 Project Preparation and Appraisal ""; ""Introduction""; ""Project Identification"" ""The Stages of Project Selection""""Feasibility Study""; ""Appraisal of Project""; ""Financial Appraisal""; ""Simple Rate of Return Method""; ""Pay Back Period""; ""Internal Rate of Return (IRR)""; ""Net Present Value Method""; ""Financial Analysis""; ""Liquidity Ratios""; ""Acid Test or Quick Ratio""; ""Debt Utilisation Ratio ""; ""Debt-Equity Ratio ""; ""Fixed Assets Coverage Ratio ""; ""Debt Coverage Ratio""; ""Interest Coverage Ratio""; ""The Break-Even Point (BEP)""; ""Derivation of BEP from Income Statement ""; ""Technical Appraisal ""; ""Objectives ""; ""Project Concept"" ""Capacity of Plant""""Flexibility of Plant and Flexible Manufacturing Systems""; ""Evaluation of Technology""; ""Inputs""; ""Location""; ""Interdependence of the Parameters of Project ""; ""Economic Appraisal""; ""Aspects of Economic Appraisal""; ""Employment Effect ""; ""Net Foreign Exchange Effect""; ""Social Cost-Benefit Analysis""; ""Chapter 4 Securities ""; ""Nature and Kinds of Securities""; ""Debentures""; ""Definition and Nature""; ""Features of Debentures""; ""Negotiability""; ""Security ""; ""Duration""; ""Convertibility""; ""Floating Rate Bonds""; ""Warrants""