QUOTE(neoexcaliber @ May 28 2016, 11:07 AM)
The PFI 'investment' was speculated to be as problematic as 1MDB years ago. Just today there was an article on KWAP (not KWSP) future plans and it made me puke considering how they could give 4 billion to SRC just because of a government guarantee.
Companies like PFI are one of the ways the government keeps the debt ratio below 55%; by moving government expenditure off books to wholly-owned private entities operating via government guarantees. The worst part is they don't need parliamentary approval for their spending.
why would you puke? government guarantee is as good as having no risk at all.its isn't called risk free rates for nothing. and the bulk of EPF,PNB, KWAP investment portfolios is in secured fund such as those.Companies like PFI are one of the ways the government keeps the debt ratio below 55%; by moving government expenditure off books to wholly-owned private entities operating via government guarantees. The worst part is they don't need parliamentary approval for their spending.
I don't think SPV such as those reduced the debt ratio though but it's good to masked expenditures though like Enron to show a "balanced budget " which will allowed them to keep a low lending rates.
states like Penang and selangor do it as well, they announced a deficit, then don't spend it then top it of and called it a surplus then do defisit again. but I'm really not sure why they do that as it's not beneficial at all outside of conning idiot fanboys though.
May 28 2016, 01:37 PM

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