This practical book provides a comprehensive prudent approach to issuing, managing and retiring corporate debt obligations, and can be used by practitioners in every industry. This book explains how companies can use debt as much more than just a source of funds. From start up to traditional blue-chip firms, debt can be a strategic financial instrument. With insights into how factors such as bond valuation methodologies, derivatives, and tax and regulatory restrictions affect the process, the authors provide practitioners in both the US and international debt markets with the information and tools needed to make smart debt management decisions.