Infrastructure Investing Managing Risks & Rewards for Pensions, Insurance Companies & Endowments

Invaluable information regarding one of the biggest worldwide growth areas in investing-infrastructure assetsInfrastructure investing is about to explode on the worldwide scene. The fact is that real money will need to be spent on real projects-which will present real opportunities for stable, long-term returns. But infrastructure assets have unique characteristics and the investments and funds that will likely rise up must be suitably structured to serve investor needs.Author Rajeev Sawant has been analyzing infrastructure investments, funds, and project financing programs for nearly five years, and with this book, he presents information that will be invaluable to lenders, pension funds, insurance companies, investment funds, rating agencies, and even governments. Presents comprehensive data analysis on infrastructure cases worldwide Analyzes the opportunities as well as the pitfalls of infrastructure investing Focuses on the needs of pensions, insurance companies, and endowments interested in infrastructure investingFor the next decade, worldwide economic growth and increased employment-as well as investment returns-will come from infrastructure projects. This book will help you understand today's dynamic infrastructure asset class and quickly get you up to speed on the unique risks and rewards associated with it.

RAJEEV J. SAWANT is a Research Fellow at the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. Prior to this, heconsulted for JSA Partners (an A.T. Kearney spin-off) in international strategic alliances in aerospace and defense. Sawant is a member of the Academy ofManagement and the Financial Management Association, is an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation scholar, and has served as Aide de Camp to the President of India. He holds a PhD inbusiness strategy and international management.