Alliance Assets (AA) Ltd. is a Singapore firm that engages in
exploring and developing tantalum and lithium mineral resources. It
has a subsidiary in Western Australia that conduct mining
operations.
Suppose you are the chief financial officer of AA's Australian
subsidiary. Presently, you are considering an investment
opportunity in a lithium mine. The investment project can be
started at a cost, it then produces a positive cash flow, but then
it requires environmental clean-up before termination. The
projected cash flows in Australian dollar (AUD) of the investment
are as follow:
Time (Year) Cash Flow (— for Outflow; + for Inflow) 0 — AUD
64,000,000 1 + AUD 160,000,000 2 — AUD 100,000,000
The required rate of return to a Singapore-based firm for a
domestic project of similar level of risk is 20%.
The current exchange rate for Singapore dollar (SGD) is 0.9828 AUD.
The inflation rate in Singapore is 2% and in Australia is 6%. The
interest rate in Singapore is 5% and in Australia is 9%.
Assume that purchasing power parity holds.
(a) What is the AUD-denominated internal rate of return (IRR) of
the project? Would you invest in the project?
(b) What is the SGD-denominated net present value (NPV) of the
project? Would the parent firm AA invest in the project?
(c) What is the SGD-denominated IRR of this project? Would the
parent firm AA invest in the project if it uses the IRR rule for
investment decisions? Reconcile your answers for part (b) and (c)
if they are different.
Answer:
This project is not viable as it is not generating any profit at the end of cash flows.
Description | Exchange rate | Year | Total | ||
0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Cash Flows (AUD) | 0.9828 | (64,000,000) | 160,000,000 | (100,000,000) | (4,000,000) |
Cash Flows (SGD) | 1.0000 | (65,120,065) | 162,800,163 | (101,750,102) | (4,070,004) |
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