Project Financing

Project finance is the long-term financing of infrastructure and industrial projects based upon the projected cash flows of the project rather than the balance sheets of its sponsors. Usually, a project financing structure involves a number of equity investors, known as ‘sponsors’, as well as a ‘syndicate’ of banks or other lending institutions that provide loans to the operation. They are most commonly non-recourse loans, which are secured by the project assets and paid entirely from project cash flow, rather than from the general assets or creditworthiness of the project sponsors, a decision in part supported by financial modeling. The financing is typically secured by all of the project assets, including the revenue-producing contracts. Project lenders are given alien on all of these assets and are able to assume control of a project if the project company has difficulties complying with the loan terms.

WHAT WE PROVIDE
The principal forms of direct financing that may be provided by the Wish House are loans, equity and guarantees.
Loans are tailored to meet the particular requirements of a project. The credit risk may be taken entirely by the Bank or partly syndicated to the market.

Equity investments may be undertaken in a variety of forms. When the Wish House takes an equity stake, it expects an appropriate return on its investment and will only take a minority position.
Guarantees are also provided by the Bank to help borrowers gain access to financing.

Assistance through Financial Intermediaries
One of the Wish House’s key aims is to support the development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which are crucial to nurturing a private sector economy. To do this, we may make equity and loan financing available to SMEs through a range of intermediaries throughout our countries of operations.

These intermediaries include banks in which the Wish House has an equity stake or with which it has signed a loan, and investment or venture capital funds in which the Wish House has made an investment.