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the company in Australia is AusNet Services Energy company. The symbol of the company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange is AusNet Services Energy company ( AST)

Your company will make an investment of 800 million AUD (Australian Dollar) in Brazil. The investment will be paid AUD 400 million in 6 months and AUD 400 million in 12 months. The BRL (Brazilian Real) spot rate is 4.11.

Instructions: a first excel sheet covering company financial data and balance of payments statistics, then a word a summary of the key elements as follows:

1) A business summary of the company

2) A summary of the income statement for 2017-2019 with sales, sales growth, EBIT, EBIT% of sales, a comment on the currency of the company and 4 main currencies used by the company .

3) A summary of the main balance of payments statistics for Brazil 2018 compared to 2019. Comment as many numbers meaning a total difference from year to year.

4) If the BRL interest rates are higher than the AUD interest rates, and therefore the BRL forward is trading at a 5% discount for one year, assume the discount is pro-rated over the year , how much BRL would your business pay in 6 months and again in 12 months.

5) The one-year interest rate in AUD is 0.1%. Estimate the one-year interest rate in BRL given the forward discount.

Please refer to your sources i.e.OECD, IMF, World Bank, Investors section of company website etc.