Research and Markets: Guide to Managing Project Finance in Today's Complex Markets.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of Project Finance Yearbook 2004 / 2005 to their offering

This Yearbook provides unrivalled knowledge of how to manage project finance in today's complex markets. The Yearbook illustrates trends within the market through authoritative editorial and comment, with specialist chapters covering innovative aspects of project finance, in the form of case studies, project reports, and regional reviews.

For 2004/05 specific projects highlighted include The Sana Hospital in Remscheid, Germany, the Kurashiki resource-recycling waste treatment project in Japan, Mizuho Bank's Otemachi headquarters, Japan, the Proinfa project in Brazil, and Transco Redux, the privatisation of the Philippines National Power Corporation.

Chapters with a regional emphasis include an overview of PPP activity in North America, the need for PF investment in infrastructure in the growing economy of South Africa, and the financing of gas-based infrastructure in Trinidad & Tobago. As well as a Japanese focus on the implementation of the PFI method of finance and innovation in real estate finance. Other topics featured include the issues surrounding the financing of renewable energy projects and the financing of North Sea independent oil companies, while Standard & Poor's take a retrospective look at the success of rated project finance debt to date.

The Appendix to the Yearbook presents the market leaders for 2003/04 in project finance activity including top 10 projects, and top global financiers, sponsors, bookrunners, and advisers.

The accompanying directory lists over 1400 companies specialising in project finance across the globe.

This yearbook will be beneficial to:

-- Senior Managers of International Contractors (construction/engineering);

-- International project managers

-- International banks (project finance departments)

-- Export credit agencies 

-- Development banks;

-- Insurers

-- International law firms

-- International accountants/consultants.

-- Trade & Industry Departments of the worlds governments

Chapters provided include:

-- Foreword: The new key to Asian financing today by Robert Bestani, Director General - Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank 

-- The financing of renewable energy projects

-- Financing the new generation of North Sea oil companies

-- An overview of developments and opportunities in North American PPPs

-- The Sana Hospital in Remscheid - The German health sector on the verge of PPP

-- Scoring goals? Is South Africa a winning market for project finance?

-- Current use of the PFI method in Japan

-- Non-recourse real estate finance in Japan

-- When projects fail: 10 years of rated project finance debt

-- Transco Redux: The Philippines give it one more try

-- Financing of infrastructure projects to support gas-based industries

-- Searching for a model to re-invest in power in Brazil

-- The Project Finance Directory

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c5235