Restructuring Projects in Financial Distress
International Journal of Business and Education, Vol. 2 No. 5 May 2014
10 Pages Posted: 2 May 2013 Last revised: 3 Mar 2015
Date Written: March 3, 2015
Abstract
The recent paradigm shift in financing capital intensive projects by private and public entities from traditional corporate finance schemes with project finance schemes has witnessed a massive surge in the corporate world. However, a number of such projects are either plunged into financial distress at preliminary phases or operational phases. To address this issue, this paper examined the general overview of financially distressed project by reviewing adequate literature regarding project finance and financial distress, outlining the major signs of financial distress associated with projects and recommend suitable solutions to projects engulfed in financial distress. To achieve this goal, capital structural reforms in the area of increasing equity capital requirement is advisable in view of the existing arrangement which allows equit y investment of 10% to 20% in most cases. Ascertaining optimal capital structure that would enable the avoidance of financial distress requires further research.
Keywords: Distress, Financial, Capital structure, Corporate finance, Project finance
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