The purpose of this paper is to helping people to understand the concept of project finance scheme, and how to conduct financial feasibility study for debt service ability. In addition, intended to contemplate risk mitigation measures by business risk...
The purpose of this paper is to helping people to understand the concept of project finance scheme, and how to conduct financial feasibility study for debt service ability. In addition, intended to contemplate risk mitigation measures by business risk type, and features of the financial structure and risk reduction measures through case studies of local PF projects.It is identified that an important change in the project finance market during the course of the project is that recently the project finance market is moving from recourse finance dependent on cash deficiency support agreement with investors toward non-recourse or limited recourse finance that uses diverse credit enhancements. Such market transition allocated variable risks to related parties through agreement(s), risk transfer by trigger structure, provision of a standby credit facility at an early stage of operation, managing debt service reserve account, and split term loans of senior-subordinated.In response to the aforementioned market change, in project finance that uses future cash flow as a primary source for debt repayment, unlike corporate finance, lenders will have to make more reasonable or diligent efforts to analyze potential risks during project execution, develop the contract structure ensuring business feasibility, and seek credit enhancement which meets reasonable standards.