However, while potentially useful as a measure for productivity in healthcare, [ 4] sole reliance on CEA fails to address broader societal and political issues, such as disease severity, availability of alternatives, equity, and budget impact [ 4, 5].
Jarred Kessler, CEO at EasyKnock a sell-and-stay platform designed as an alternative to equity lending increased regulations and tighter lending standards have made home equity loans difficult to come by.
Debt financing can be a great alternative to equity because it could cost you less money in the long run and doesn't involve selling shares of your company.
Created 20 years ago as a vehicle for well-heeled Gulf individuals to invest in the U.S. and Europe, Investcorp has built a world-class reputation in so-called alternative investments private equity; real estate; fund-of-hedge-funds; and venture capital handling $20 billion worth of transactions, including high-profile deals for Tiffany, Gucci and Saks.
To consider the normative implications of the choice of IRHI measure, we build on the observation that different measures embody different IRHI equivalence criteria reflecting alternative vertical equity judgements. 2 An IRHI equivalence criterion specifies how, given the joint distribution of health and income, an additional amount of health should be distributed so as to leave IRHI unchanged.
Alternatives to equity investment are unattractive because yields are so low.
"When the project finance disappears, you've got a problem," says Robert Clover, director of alternative-energy equity research at HSBC.
The paper also discusses alternatives to equity (Section 8), the impact of leverage requirements on lending (Section 9), and additional claims related to the debate on capital regulations.
But a 5-10% holding could easily be justified either as an alternative to equities in the "risk" section, or as a yield-kicker in the income section.
New rival trading platforms — like Turquoise, an alternative cash equities trading platform started this year by a handful of powerful investment banks — are also giving the exchange a run for its money.
