The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing.
Michael D. Underhill
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (222 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1: America's Essential Infrastructure: A Key to Competitiveness -- OUR ECONOMY IS INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON MODERN LOGISTICS -- SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY LINKAGES CREATE STRONG ECONOMIC CLUSTERS -- STRENGTHENING COMPETITIVE METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES -- POPULATION GROWTH, BUILDING NEEDS, AND INNOVATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE -- CONCLUSION -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 2: Transportation Infrastructure -- INTRODUCTION -- CURRENT STOCK OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING MECHANISMS IN DIFFERENT NATIONS -- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP SOLUTIONS -- CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 3: Energy Infrastructure and the Industrialization of Emerging Markets: Framework for Private Sector Investment -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN EMERGING MARKETS -- ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE-ASIA'S GROWTH ENGINE AT THREE STAGES -- THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY: EMERGING MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY SHORTAGE -- CHINA'S PUBLIC-PRIVATE OBJECTIVES FOR INVESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY -- OUTLOOK FOR EMERGING MARKETS: A GREEN, CLEAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION? -- CONTRIBUTOR DISCLAIMER -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 4: Infrastructure Investing in the Electric Power Sector -- STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE POWER SECTOR -- PRICING MODELS -- THE STORAGE CONUNDRUM -- INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTALS -- INVESTMENT RISKS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure -- WATER STRESS -- THE INADEQUACY AND OVERUSE OF CURRENT WATER STORAGE MECHANISMS -- WATER TREATMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY: PART OF THE SOLUTION -- CASE STUDY: BUENOS AIRES -- CONCLUSION -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 6: Master Limited Partnerships -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PAST -- THE PRESENT -- CASE STUDY: PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINES, LP -- THE FUTURE -- ENDNOTES.. - Chapter 7: Clean Energy Infrastructure: Moving from a Niche Opportunity to a Mainstream Asset Class -- DEFINING CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE -- RENEWABLE ENERGY IN EUROPE -- GENESIS AND GROWTH OF CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE EUROPEAN RENEWABLES DIRECTIVE -- FUTURE GROWTH -- DEAL STRUCTURE -- STRUCTURE OF FUNDING -- CURRENT PROJECT FINANCE MARKET -- CASE STUDY -- CONCLUSION -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 8: Infrastructure and Union Labor: A Match Made in Heaven? -- TUTOR PERINI CORPORATION SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTING CASE STUDY -- UNITED NATIONS' PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT STATEMENT -- LABOR STANDARDS/HUMAN RIGHTS -- FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES, GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 9: How Valuation Can Vary Meaningfully: The Pennsylvania Turnpike -- VALUATION, IN ITS ESSENCE, IS A SIMPLE CONCEPT -- WHOSE VALUE IS IT ANYWAY? -- THANK YOU FOR VALUING THE FRIENDLY SKIES -- BEST PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 10: What Is Listed Infrastructure? -- WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE? -- WHAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY? -- BENEFITS OF LISTED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS -- RISKS AND REWARDS -- INVESTMENT OUTLOOK -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 11: Institutional Infrastructure Program Management -- UNLISTED INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY SELECTION -- BUILD AMERICA BONDS -- LISTED INFRASTRUCTURE EQUITIES -- PORTFOLIO MONITORING -- ENDNOTES -- Chapter 12: Legal Aspects of Infrastructure Investments -- THE GROWTH OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE -- VARYING SOURCES OF STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE TRANSACTIONS -- DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS, DIFFERENT TRANSACTION PROCESSES -- GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PROMOTING STATE AND LOCAL POLICY OBJECTIVES -- THE FEDERAL ROLE: LIMITED BUT CRITICAL -- Index.. - A comprehensive overview of cutting edge infrastructure investment topics from sector experts Infrastructure investing is one of the fastest growing and most complex asset classes facing investment professionals, practitioners, and academics. The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing examines this dynamic discipline by featuring contributions from numerous investment experts in each sector. Salient topics include timelines for domestic and international infrastructure investing; progression of strategies and present day trends; challenges of successful infrastructure programs with labor unions; events in history that have ushered in new reforms; and much more. Unearths some of the biggest investment opportunities available and addresses how to make money, while meeting other portfolio investment objectives: environmental, socially conscious, and governance principles, pro-labor investing and other collateral investment objectives Offers insights from some of the best minds in the business Covers the resurgence in transportation, the types of deals associated with it, and how transportation finance has changed Contains commentary from public pension funds, endowments, foundations, and family office investment professionals Provides an overview of the traditional and alternative energy sector and the abundant investment opportunities within it As infrastructure investing continues to grow, you'll need to enhance your understanding of this field. The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing will get you up to speed on all the issues associated with it, and provide a dynamic working guide to building an infrastructure investment program.
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