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Aug 30, 2024 · Many Alternative Investment Funds formed to invest outside of the United States, or which anticipate investments by foreign investors, will be formed outside the United States in a jurisdiction’s equivalent entity of an LP or LLC (e.g., Cayman Islands exempted LPs).
What are the principal legal structures used for Alternative Investment Funds? Privately offered alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) are established in the United States (U.S.) pursuant to U.S. state law.
- Government Financial Incentives
- Renewable Portfolio Standards Or Goals
- Renewable Energy Certificates Or Credits
- Net Metering
- Feed-In Tariffs
- Biofuels and Other Fuels For Vehicles
- Renewables Research and Development
Several federal government tax credits, grants, and loan programs are available for qualifying renewable energy technologies and projects. The federal tax incentives, or credits, for qualifying renewable energy projects and equipment include the Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC), the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), the Residential Ener...
A renewable portfolio standard (RPS) typically requires that a percentage of the electric power sales in a state comes from renewable energy sources. Some states have specific requirements, and some have voluntary goals, within a specified time frame, for the share of electricity generation or sales in a state that come from renewable energy. Compl...
Financial products are available for sale, purchase, or trade that allow a purchaser to pay for renewable energy production without directly producing or purchasing the renewable energy. The most widely available products are renewable energy certificates, or credits (RECs). These products may also be called green tags, green energy certificates, o...
Net metering allows electric utility customers to install qualifying renewable energy systems on their properties and to connect them to an electric utility's distribution system (or grid). These mainly state-based programs vary, but in general, electric utilities bill their net metering customers for the net electricity their customers use during ...
Several states and individual electric utilities have established special rates for purchasing electricity from certain types of renewable energy systems. These rates, sometimes known as feed-in tariffs (FITs), are generally higher than electricity rates otherwise available to the generator. FITs are intended to encourage new projects for specific ...
Several federal and state requirements and incentives are in effect for producing, selling, and using biofuels and other alternative vehicle fuels. Federal law requires the use of biofuels, or qualifying substitutes, in the U.S. transportation fuel supply. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets annual volume requirements for these fuels. Oth...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal government agencies fund research and development for renewable energy technologies. The DOE's national laboroatories carry out or manage most of this research and development in colaboration with academic institutions and private companies. The availability of these programs depends on annual a...
Today, roughly $660 billion of public pension funds are invested in hedge funds and private equity funds. These alternative investments typically require new governance structures within the pension funds in order to adequately monitor accompanying risks and returns, management fee arrangements and investment complexity.
Since 1995, when the US SIF Foundation first measured assets under management across 905 alternative the size of the US sustainable investment universe at investment vehicles at the start of 2020.
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Jul 4, 2024 · Alternative investments can include private equity or venture capital, hedge funds, managed futures, art and antiques, commodities, and derivatives contracts.
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Over the past two decades, investors have increasingly adopted alternative investment strategies – ranging from hedge funds to private equity and debt as well as real estate and infrastructure – in order to increase portfolio diversification, mitigate risk and deliver more consistent income and returns.
