Sadek Wahba, Anne Valentine Andrews

Infrastructure is emerging as a distinct alternative asset class that serves as a complement to real estate and traditional private equity investments. Infrastructure assets are long-term investments associated with providing essential public goods and services to societies across the globe. 

 Global Economic Forum July 01, 2008 
Global Inflation, Economic Slack and Monetary Policy
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Richard Berner ( New York)
The US risks from rising global inflation mean that the Fed must continue to state its commitment to price stability and its resolve to bring inflation down, and back that up with action. 
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Mexico: No Immunity
Peru: More Rate Hikes Ahead
China: Counting Hot Money
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 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Q3, 2007 
International Corporate Governance
This issue of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance begins with a story celebrating the social virtues of free trade and economic growth. 
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 Perspectives June 27, 2008 
Investing in Infrastructure: A Primer
Sadek Wahba, Anne Valentine Andrews
Infrastructure is emerging as a distinct alternative asset class that serves as a complement to real estate and traditional private equity investments. Infrastructure assets are long-term investments associated with providing essential public goods and services to societies across the globe. 
 Global Strategy Roundup  
US Credit Strategy: Short End of the Stick
High-grade credit is still the best house in a bad neighborhood over a longer horizon. That's our base case, while the odds are stacked against a constructive view on credit in the near term. Soon 2Q earnings reports will begin, and negative guidance is poised to increase, as 2H08 earnings expectations still look unreasonably high to us. Investors should be looking to shorter-dated maturities over long bonds as inflationary pressure will weigh on yields generally. 

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