Frédéric Blanc-brude
Director EDHEC infra
Infrastructure
EDHEC Business School
Singapore
Biography
Dr Blanc-Brude is an economist specialised in unlisted investments, from private equity to infrastructure, real estate and other direct and long-term forms of investment. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of London and several degrees from the universities of London, Paris and the Paris Institute of Political Studies. Dr Blanc-Brude contributes regularly to academic research in connection with unlisted investing through EDHEC-Risk Institute and peer-reviewed publications, institutional papers, industry magazines and the financial press. He also contributes regularly to the regulatory debate on institutional investment and banking, in particular the treatment of project financing in risk-based regulatory frameworks. Dr Blanc-Brude also has ten years of direct professional experience in the field of infrastructure finance, including an active involvement in transactions representing a cumulative value of more than US$6bn in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Research Interest
Infrastructure Economics, Energy & Water Economics, Water Intelligence
Publications
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Blanc-Brude, Frédéric (2012d). “Pension fund investment in social infrastructure: insights from the 2012 reform of the Private Finance Initiativeâ€. In: EDHEC-Risk Institute Publications.
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Blanc-Brude, Frédéric and Dejan Makovsek (2013). “How much construction risk do sponsors take in project finance?†In: EDHEC Business School Working Paper.
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Blanc-Brude, Frédéric and Omneia R H Ismail (2013c). “Measuring infrastructure the credit risk of unlisted infrastructure debt – theoretical framework and data reporting requirementsâ€. In: EDHEC Business School Working Paper. EDHEC Business School Working Papers, p. 33.
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Blanc-Brude, Frédéric, François Cocquemas, and Albena Georgieva (2013). “Investment solutions for East Asia’s pension savingsâ€. In: EDHEC-Risk Institute Publications. AXAIM/EDHEC Research Chair on Regulation and Institutional Investment, p. 250.
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Blanc-Brude, Frédéric and Majid Hasan (2015d). “The valuation of privately-held infrastructure equity investmentsâ€. In: EDHEC-Risk Institute Publications. EDHEC, Meridiam and Campbell-Lutyens Research Chair on Infrastructure Equity Investment Management and Benchmarking January.
