An investment analyst was requested to evaluate an investment in the project financing for Ras Laffan, a liquefied natural gas venture between Mobil and Qatar Corp. in the Middle East In order to make an appropriate recommendation to the investment board, she must present, the various dangers, the potential returns and their possible solutions.
Her evaluation must look at the risks related to political issues during the region of Middle East was suffering with uncertainty due to circumstance, her evaluation should also consider the risks related to price of commodity in light of the historical volatility within the industry along with the potential risks in exchange whist managing both the monies with past changes along with the further risks that come a single individual responsible for majority of revenues (90%). Moderate-term non-recourse funding is one option available for funding the project. She also understands that the quality of her investigation may influence whether the investment board think of her as sufficiently able of running a fund, which she could own in future.
Publication Date: 05/30/2002
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