Alternative investments : instruments, performance, benchmarks, and strategies / / editors H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck
| Alternative investments : instruments, performance, benchmarks, and strategies / / editors H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (650 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerH. Kent
FilbeckGreg |
| Collana | Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance |
| Soggetto topico |
Investments
Asset allocation Investment analysis |
| ISBN |
9781118656501
1118656504 9781299314641 1299314643 9781118285183 1118285182 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Alternative Investments: An Overview; INTRODUCTION; Purpose of the Book; Features of the Book; Intended Audience; STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; Part I. Introduction; Part II. Real Estate; Part III. Private Equity; Part IV. Commodities and Managed Futures; Part V. Hedge Funds; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; CHAPTER 2 The Role of Alternative Investments in Strategic Asset Allocation; INTRODUCTION; DATA SET; METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS; EXTENSIONS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 3 Trends in Alternative Investments; INTRODUCTION; COMMON CURRENT TRENDS; HEDGE FUNDS; OTHER ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SECTORS; Private Equity; Managed Futures and Commodities; Real Estate; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; CHAPTER 4 Alternative Investments and Due Diligence; INTRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS; Characteristics of Alternative Investments; Legal and Regulatory Aspects; ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS DUE DILIGENCE; Due Diligence Methodology; Idea Sourcing and Initial Screening; Full Review Investment and Business Aspects FINAL EVALUATION; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PART II Real Estate; CHAPTER 5 REITs and the Private Real Estate Market; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE; DATA; Descriptive Statistics; EMPIRICAL STRATEGY; ESTIMATION; RESULTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; CHAPTER 6 Commercial Real Estate; INTRODUCTION; SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENT; REAL ESTATE CHARACTERISTICS; PRICES AND VOLUMES; REAL ESTATE RETURNS; APARTMENTS; INDUSTRIAL; OFFICE MULTI-TENANT; RETAIL; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS DISCUSSION QUESTIONSREFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 7 Real Estate Investment Trusts; INTRODUCTION; REITS AND THE REAL ESTATE ASSET CLASS; Error Correction and the Investment Horizon; Effects of Illiquidity Lag and Appraisal Lag; Effects of Illiquidity Smoothing and Appraisal Smoothing; REITs and the Stock Market Asset Class; HISTORICAL REIT RETURNS; Income and Capital Appreciation; Manager Selection; REIT VOLATILITY AND RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS; Volatility Estimated from Unlevered Transaction-Based Return Indices; THE REIT BUSINESS MODEL; Transparency; Liquidity Alignment of Interests between Investors and Investment ManagersThe Free Cash Problem; Sources of Financing; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; CHAPTER 8 Mortgaged-Backed Securities; INTRODUCTION; HOW ARE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES CREATED?; A REVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES; Pass-Through Mortgage Securities; Collateralized Mortgage Obligations; THE ROLE OF THE MBS MARKET IN THE 2007-2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR CHAPTER 9 Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity in Real Estate |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139056003321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2013 | ||
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The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance / / edited by H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Halil Kiymaz
| The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance / / edited by H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Halil Kiymaz |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXI, 564 p. 39 illus., 19 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 332.17 |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial services industry
Development economics Sustainability Financial Services Development Economics |
| ISBN | 9783031999062 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section I. The Social Finance Landscape -- Chapter 1: Social Finance: An Overview -- Chapter 2: Origins and Evolution of Social Finance: Changing the Role of Business in Society -- Chapter 3: The Social Finance Ecosystem: Investors, Social Enterprises, Social Finance Institutions, Policy Actors, and Intermediaries -- Chapter 4: Variations of a Social Finance Theme: Socially Responsible Investing, ESG, Sustainable Investing, and Impact Investing -- Chapter 5: Factors Driving the Growth of Social Finance -- Chapter 6: Social Finance: A Strategic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis -- Section II. Innovative Social Finance Tools and Mechanisms -- Chapter 7: Impact Bonds – Social and Development -- Chapter 8: Development Funding (Community Development Finance) -- Chapter 9: Social Funds in Developing Countries and Beyond -- Chapter 10: Impact Investing: Harnessing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Capital to Power Social Improvement -- Chapter 11: Social Banking: Financial Opportunities and Social Inclusion -- Chapter 12: The Social Impact of Microfinance -- Chapter 13: Social Venture Capital and Sustainable Venture Funds -- Chapter 14: Crowdfunding in Social Finance -- Section III. Social Finance in Different Countries and Economies: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 15: Examples of Social Finance in Different Countries -- Chapter 16: Social Finance in Frontier and Emerging Markets: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 17: Social Finance in Developed Markets: Successes and Failures -- Section IV. Ongoing Issues and Debates -- Chapter 18: Measuring the Impact of Social Finance: Social Return on Investment (SROI) and Beyond -- Chapter 19: Risk Mitigation in Social Finance -- Chapter 20: Islamic Social Finance and Banking: Promoting Shared Prosperity -- Chapter 21: Regulating Social Finance: A Pressing Challenge -- Chapter 22: Does a Link Exist between Digital Finance, Green Finance, and Social Finance? -- Chapter 23: The Social Impact of Fintech -- Section V. Obstacles, Opportunities, and Future Directions of Social Finance -- Chapter 24: Social Finance: Obstacles and Opportunities -- Chapter 25: Social Finance: Past, Present, and Future -- Chapter 26: Future Directions of Social Finance. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911039318903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 | ||
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