A brief interview with an investment consultant.
I work in investment, I advise people about companies they can invest in. I make a financial analysis, there is an outlook that we receive, we use this in a meeting to see if the company has hit the target. There are often several situations why a company doesn’t manage to do this, this could be due to unforseeable events, delays or just simply they didn’t achieve what they were hoping to. We can make a list of the reasons why they didn’t achieve this - firstly they could be too sure of them selves or they don’t think they have to go the full distance with the project or maybe they overestimate the price or underestimate the time it takes. In this case they have to make up for the loss by bringing in a higher return in the second quarter and come up with a solution to maybe change the product and they have to come through this difficult period otherwise the people investing in the company will lose faith. However other reasons for them not to hit the target such as a strike or a natural disaster. My role in the company is to follow the company closely and sometimes to even visit the RaD center, get a feel for the company and to estimate the likelihood of this bringing a return on the investment in the company. I keep track on the progress and if there is a high risk investment then there is a high yield return. One such example would be a hydrogen powered motorbike, it’s very exciting because of the price of fuel and the scarcity of fuel and the odor of fuel (which) are three main factors for now and for the coming years. So investment in this project will give results due to the fact that one day petroleum will no longer be available. This provides me with some very positive points to sell when looking for investors in a project and they are likely to invest with the probability of having a high yield on their investment. I carefully choose the projects to make sure they are not going to be losing money.