Long term financing of industrial and infrastructure project is
often referred as project finance. The finances are not based
on the balance sheets of their sponsors. Instead, it is based on
the flaws of cash of that particular project. Various parties are
involved in project finance. A number of equity investors are
involved. They are known as sponsors too. A bank or other
lending agencies also needs to get involved in order to lend
financial support or simply loan for various operations. Often,
these kinds of loans are non-recourse loan. Non-recourse loan
cannot be paid with general assets or trustworthiness of the
project sponsors. These loans are secured and paid with the
cash flow of the project only. This method is supported by
standard model of finance. Revenue producing contracts and all
project assets are used to secure the finances. A lien over the
assets is provided to project lenders. Lenders are given
privileges are given to the lenders to take control over the
project if the related company is facing difficulties or not
complying with various terms of the loan.
In order to shield other assets of project sponsors to save
themselves from detrimental effects or project failures special
purpose entities are created for almost every project. Special
purpose entity indicates that there are no assets owned by the
related company other than those in the project. Financial
soundness of the project is assured by capital contribution
commitment of the owners. Such commitments also ensure the
commitment of leaders towards the sponsors. Project finance
method is comparatively complex than other alternative financing
methods. This method is widely used in the area of mining,
transport and communications projects. Project finance is
nowadays highly growing in the field of sports and
entertainment also.
Identifying risks and allocating them efficiently is important
aspect of project finance. There are various risks involved in a
project such as technical risks, environmental and economic
risks and political risks as well. These risks are even noticeable
in developing countries and newly emerging markets. These
risks are considered unacceptable or un-financeable by most of
the financial institutions and project sponsors. Various delivery
methods are implemented in project finance in order to avoid
or decrease these risks. These methods are nothing by various
implementation patterns of the project in order to manipulate
outputs. According to methods, if risks are a little bit higher,
the financing of that project is distributed between more than
single parties that can be any number more than one. It will
make it sure that both the risk and profit are distributed
among several parties equally and in less amount.
Título : Project Finance
EAN : 9781393780274
Editorial : IntroBooks
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