You are an independent investment consultant in Australia and you have been employed by the Board of
Directors of BHP in order to assist them to improve their investment returns globally. As part of increasing
the returns to their investors, BHP has the combined objectives of diversifying investment risk while
increasing their investment returns and investing in nations who are committed to increased levels of
operational transparency including compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) framework.
To achieve this outcome, the Board of Directors would like to further expand BHP’s operations in a
nation/s selected by you by investing $800 million (AUSD) in ONE of the following three industries:
Telecommunications; OR Retail; OR Banking.
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