Essays about: "asset backed"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words asset backed.

  1. 1. Diversifying a Real Estate Portfolio Through Infrastructure Investment : An Interview Study of Opportunities and Challenges in the Nordics

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Carl Jussi-Pekka; Pontus Grundström; [2023]
    Keywords : Real Assets; Infrastructure Investments; Nordic Infrastructure; Barriers; Opportunities; Real Estate; Reala tillgångar; Infrastrukturinvesteringar; Nordisk Infrastruktur; Barriärer; Möjligheter; Fastigheter;

    Abstract : Since the financial crisis infrastructure has become an increasingly attractive asset class for investors, especially among financial institutions, who recognize the value of diversification opportunities within infrastructure. In parallel with the emergence of infrastructure as an investable asset class, the global financial turbulence has generated even greater incentives for investors to diversify their portfolios with infrastructure, as the asset class exhibits characteristics to navigate in a more challenging economic environment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Benefits & Challenges of Process Plant Digital Twins in Process Industries : A Single Case Study Approach in the Mineral Processing Industry

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Tobias Jensen; [2022]
    Keywords : Digital Twin; Benefits; Challenges; Operational Phase; Lifecycle Management; Industry 4.0; Digitalization; Process Industry; Process Plant;

    Abstract : Background: The Digital Twin is an increasingly trending technology that utilizes many of the key technologies relevant to the digitalization of industries and Industry 4.0, such as AI, Big Data, and IoT, to bring a virtual asset and a physical asset together to perform analysis and execute real-time decision making backed up by data (Grieves & Vickers, 2017; Rasheed et al. READ MORE

  4. 3. Servitized industrial machinery as a new real asset for institutional investors

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Bryan Menezes; [2021]
    Keywords : Servitization; Institutional investing; Industrial machinery; Real assets; Infrastructure; Pension funds; Industrials; Tjänstefiering; Institutionell investering; Industriella maskiner; Realtillgångar; Infrastruktur; Pensionsfonder; Industriföretag;

    Abstract : The increased penetration of servitization is an ongoing trend within the industrial machinery space. This typically means that industrial machinery manufactures themselves retain ownership of the machinery they manufacture whilst also taking over maintenance operations. Essentially, offering customers a netresult. READ MORE

  5. 4. FIDUCIARY DUTY AND ESG CONSIDERATIONS – ARE THEY COMPATIBLE? A case study on institutional investors and their commitment to the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Jenny Asplund; William Samadzadehaghdam; [2020-07-01]
    Keywords : SRI; Fiduciary duty; ESG; Institutional investors; Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance; Shareholder engagement;

    Abstract : As a response to the issues regarding climate change, several organizations and initiatives are founded to tackle them, such as the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (AOA), backed by the United Nations. The explicit goal of the institutional investors in this alliance is to decarbonize their portfolios by 2050. READ MORE

  6. 5. Private Equity and Long-Term Investment: Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Pontus Berg; Isac Öberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Investment; Innovation; Financial Constraints;

    Abstract : There is a long-lasting debate on whether private equity (PE) firms invest long-term in portfolio firms, or if their short investment horizon lead to long-term growth being sacrificed to boost short-term performance. In this thesis, we examine three types of long- term investments: changes in asset investments, innovative investments and investments in personnel. READ MORE