Finally, don’t forget that your report should be concise and should be no more than 500 words in length or alternatively no more than 5-10 PowerPoint slides in total. You can present any technical information in appendices to your report if need be. Length, conciseness, grammar, spelling and overall presentation / out of 2 marks Word length excluding tables, appendices, calculations not exceeding 20% in total i.e. 500 words +/- 10%. Concise professional presentation. Good grammar and spelling (1 error allowable). Word length excluding tables, appendices, calculations exceeding 20% in total but less than 40% in total. Discussion reasonably concise. 2-3 errors in grammar and spelling. Reasonable presentation. Word length excluding tables, appendices, calculations exceeding 40% in total. Discussion and analysis not concise. More than 3 errors in grammar and spelling. Poor presentation of tables/graphs etc. Total Possible marks /20 marks = /10

Comment on the cross rate movement of these two currencies over the past 12 months and make any comments as to possible reasons you believe may have contributed to noticeable patterns, peaks or troughs. Discussion and concise critical analysis / out of 3 marks Identification of main issues relating to movement of CHF and CNY currencies. Concise and critical discussion. Identify overall pattern with focus on past 12 month cross rate movement Identification of some issues. Concise and reasonable discussion. Partial or incomplete focus on past 12 months Non identification of any issues. No identification of overall pattern, no focus on past 12 months. Not concise and discussion is too generic You must have a bibliography using the Harvard system of referencing citing any readings, links, urls’s, etc. for the materials you used. A suggested number of references is between 4 – 10 references Bibliography (number) provided in correct format

Using the information from point b) above briefly comment on whether the Swiss Franc and Chinese Renminbi have appreciated or depreciated over this period in terms of the Euro. Justify your analysis with any relevant calculations (here, you can assume that the home currency is the Euro). Discussion and use of relevant supporting calculations. / out of 3 marks Correct identification of movement of currencies with respect to Euro as the home currency. Concise critical analysis of results. Relevant and accurate calculations. Minor errors in identification of movement of currencies with respect to Euro as home currency. Concise and reasonable discussionwith 1-2 minor errors in calculations. Major errors in identification of movement of currencies with respect to Euro as home currency. Discussion not concise and/or too generic. No supporting calculations / more than 2 errors in calculations Plot the movement of the cross rates you calculated on a separate diagram. Clearly label your axes. Presentation of diagram.

Comment in no more than 1-2 paragraphs on the exchange rate movement of the two chosen currencies over the past 5 years and make any comments as to possible explanatory causes you believe may have contributed to any noticeable patterns, peaks or troughs in the diagrams shown Discussion of main issues. Concise critical analysis. / out of 6 marks Identification of at least two (2) main issues. Concise and critical discussion Identification of at least one (1) main issue. Concise and reasonable discussion Non identification of any major issues. Not concise and discussion is too generic Calculate the cross rates for the above two currencies (CNY/CHF) on a yearly basis over the past 5 years using the rates shown below and present your cross rate results in a separate table. Calculations and presentation of results. / out of 2 marks Correctly calculate cross rates. Good presentation of results in table. Calculation of cross rates with 1-2 minor errors only. Presentation of results in table reasonable More than 2 errors in cross rate calculations. Table results difficult to read or presented poorly