PHI GROUP INC

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Investment in our securities is subject to various risks, including risks and uncertainties inherent in our business. The following sets forth factors related to our business, operations, financial position or future financial performance or cash flows which could cause an investment in our securities to decline and result in a loss.

General Risks Related to Our Business

Our success depends on our management team and other key personnel, the loss of any of whom could disrupt our business operations.

Our future success will depend in substantial part on the continued service of our senior management and certain external experts. The loss of the services of one or more of our key personnel and/or outside experts could impede implementation and execution of our business strategy and result in the failure to reach our goals. We do not carry key person life insurance for any of our officers or employees. Our future success will also depend on the continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified personnel in the diverse areas required for continuing our operations. We cannot assure that we will be able to retain our key personnel or that we will be able to attract, train or retain qualified personnel in the future.

Risks Related to Mergers and Acquisitions

Our strategy in mergers and acquisitions involves a number of risks and we have a limited history of successful acquisitions. Even when an acquisition is completed, we may have to continue our service for integration that may not produce results as positive as management may have projected.

The Company continues evaluating various opportunities and negotiating to acquire other companies, assets and technologies. Acquisitions entail numerous risks, including difficulties in the assimilation of acquired operations and products, diversion of managements attention from other business concerns, amortization of acquired intangible assets and potential loss of key employees of acquired companies. We have limited experience in assimilating acquired organizations into our operations. Although potential synergy may be achieved by acquisitions of related technologies and businesses, no assurance can be given as to the Companys ability to successfully integrate any operations, personnel, services or products that have been acquired or might be acquired in the future. Failure to successfully assimilate acquired organizations could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and operating results.

Acquisitions involve a number of special risks, including:

These risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition since the values of the securities received for the consulting service at the execution of the acquisition depend on the success of the company involved in acquisition. In addition, our ability to further expand our operations through acquisitions may be dependent on our ability to obtain sufficient working capital, either through cash flows generated through operations or financing activities or both. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any additional financing on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all.

Risks associated with private equity (PE) funds

There are, broadly, five key risks to private equity investing:

1. Operational risk: The risk of loss resulting from inadequate processes and systems supporting the organization. It is a key consideration for investors regardless of the asset classes that funds invest into.

2. Funding risk: This is the risk that investors are not able to provide their capital commitments and is effectively the investor default risk. PE funds typically do not call upon all the committed investor capital and only draw capital once they have identified investments. Funding risk is closely related to liquidity risk, as when investors are faced with a funding shortfall, they may be forced to sell illiquid assets to meet their commitments.

3. Liquidity risk: This refers to an investors inability to redeem their investment at any given time. PE investors are locked-in for between five and ten years, or more, and are unable to redeem their committed capital on request during that period. Additionally, given the lack of an active market for the underlying investments, it is difficult to estimate when the investment can be realized and at what valuation.

4. Market risk: There are many forms of market risk affecting PE investments, such as broad equity market exposure, geographical/sector exposure, foreign exchange, commodity prices, and interest rates. Unlike in public markets where prices fluctuate constantly and are marked-to-market, PE investments are subject to infrequent valuations and are typically valued quarterly and with some element of subjectivity inherent in the assessment. However, the market prices of publicly listed equities at the time of sale of a portfolio company will ultimately impact realization value.

5. Capital risk: The capital at risk is equal to the net asset value of the unrealized portfolio plus the future undrawn commitments. In theory, there is a risk that all portfolio companies could experience a decline in their current value, and in the worst-case drop to a valuation of zero. Capital risk is closely related to market risk. Whilst market risk is the uncertainty associated with unrealized gains or losses, capital risk is the possibility of having a realized loss of the original capital at the end of a funds life.

There are two main ways that capital risk brings itself to bear - through the failure of underlying companies within the PE portfolio and suppressed equity prices which make exits less attractive. The former is impacted by the quality of the fund manager, i.e. their ability to select portfolio companies with good growth prospects and to create value, hence why fund manager selection is key for investors. The condition, method, and timing of the exit are all factors that can affect how value can be created for investors.

Risks Associated with Building and Operating a Diamond Exchange

Fundamentally, the key requirements for a successful diamond exchange include the following:

1. Supply: One of the most important things for a successful trading hub is the ability to secure ample, stable, and sustainable supply of commodities. In the case of a diamond exchange, adequate supply of rough diamond must be secured to make it successful.

2. Capital: Besides the infrastructure, facilities, systems, and amenities to operate the diamond exchange, the organizers must be able to arrange very large amounts of capital to facilitate the trade and other business activities related to the exchange.

3. Participants: The organizers must be able to attract a large number of international diamonteers to participate in the exchange. There is no guarantee that people will come when the exchange is built.

4. Venue: The venue must be able to provide competitive advantages compared with existing diamond exchanges in the world in terms of (a) modern facilities, latest technologies and state-of-the-art provisions, (b) tax relief, (c) financial facilitating network from big investors, (d) retail banking, lending institutions and foreign exchange facilities, (e) licenses and registrations, (f) global multi-commodities trading flatform, and (g) other amenities.

Risks Associated with International Markets

As some of our business activities are currently involved with international markets, any adverse change to the economy or business environment in these countries could significantly affect our operations, which would lead to lower revenues and reduced profitability.

Some of our business activities are currently involved with non-US countries. Because of this presence in specific geographic locations, we are susceptible to fluctuations in our business caused by adverse economic or other conditions in this region, including stock market fluctuation. A stagnant or depressed economy in these countries generally, or in any of the other markets that we serve, could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Securities

Insiders have substantial control over the company, and they could delay or prevent a change in our corporate control, even if our other stockholders wanted such a change to occur.

Though our executive officers and directors as of the date of this report, in the aggregate, only hold a small portion of our outstanding common stock, we have the majority voting rights associated with the Companys Class B Series I Preferred Stock, which decision may allow the Board of Directors to exercise significant control over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This could delay or prevent an outside party from acquiring or merging with us even if our other stockholders wanted it to occur.

The price at which investors purchase our common stock may not be indicative of the prevailing market price.

The stock market often experiences significant price fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of the specific companies whose stock is traded. These market fluctuations could adversely affect the trading price of our shares. Investors may be unable to sell their shares of common stock at or above their purchase price, which may result in substantial losses.

Since we do not currently meet the requirements for our stock to be quoted on NASDAQ, NYSE MKT LLC or any other senior exchange, the tradability in our securities will be limited under the penny stock regulations.

Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the price of our securities on the OTCQB or OTC Markets is below $5.00 per share, our securities are within the definition of a penny stock. As a result, it is possible that our securities may be subject to the penny stock rules and regulations. Broker-dealers who sell penny stocks to certain types of investors are required to comply with the Commissions regulations concerning the transfer of penny stock. These regulations require broker-dealers to:

*Make a suitability determination prior to selling penny stock to the purchaser;

*Receive the purchasers written consent to the transaction; and

*Provide certain written disclosures to the purchaser.

These requirements may restrict the ability of broker/dealers to sell our securities, and may affect the ability to resell our securities.

Our compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC rules concerning internal controls may be time consuming, difficult and costly for us.

It may be time consuming, difficult and costly for us to develop and implement the internal controls and reporting procedures required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We may need to hire additional financial reporting, internal controls and other finance staff in order to develop and implement appropriate internal controls and reporting procedures. If we are unable to comply with the internal controls requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we may not be able to obtain the independent accountant certifications that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires publicly traded companies to obtain.