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Global Financial Management
Outline
You have been employed as a Financial Management Consultant by a large global Superannuation Fund. The Superannuation Fund has hired you to write a report on the financial management over the last 5 years (2018-2023) of a company listed on the ASX , as the global Superannuation Fund is considering investing in shares in this company. Your written report must specifically analyse the capital structure, liquidity and dividend decisions of the listed company.
Requirements:
- You must choose a company that is listed on the ASX. As a guide you may refer to the list of companies that are included in the ASX200 index using the link below:
- For the company that you select, you will be required to perform a critical analysis of the companys financial management. To perform this analysis, you should use the database DatAnalysis Premium to collect the relevant financial data for your chosen company. Use of this database, which is availabl e through the Library, will be demonstrated in class.
- Your written report should contain the following sections:
1) An introduction to the company which discusses the company's operations, the industry that it operates within, it's main revenue generating activities and main competitors. In your discussion of the industry, you should identify any relevant regulatory bodies. Approx 300 words.
2) Identify and critical ly discuss risks that may affect the firm. The risks should be classified into ma croeconomic, industry and company-specific risks that may affect the firm's future financial performance. Aprox 300 words
3) Describe the company's current capital structure and examine any changes in the capital structure that have occurred over the last 5 years. You should report and critically analyse the relevant capital structure ratios and data collected from the database. Approx 350 words
4) Describe the company's current dividend policy and examine any changes in the dividend policy that have occurred over the last 5 years. You should report and critically analyse the relevant ratios and data collected from the database. Approx 350 words
5) Describe the company's current liquidity and examine changes in liquidity that have occurred over the last 5 years. You should report and critically analyse the relevant ratios and data collected from the database. Approx 350 words
6) On the basis of your comprehensive analysis of the financial management of your selected company (from requirements 2-5) provide an overall conclusion that summarises the financial management over the last 5 years and identify any areas for im provement with appropriate recommendations . Approx 300 words
Additional Information
Ensure that your report is professional ly presented. It should include:
- an introductio n;
- within the body of the report , you should include appropriate headings ;
- a conclusion;
- a refer ence list ; and
- detailed data should be included in appendices .
Ensure that you complete and submit an assignment cover sheet.
You should include graphs and tables to summarise the ratios and data that you refer to from DatAnalysis Premium.
You are expected to use publicly available in formation to complete the assignment. There are a range of possible sources of data that can be used, but the list below provides a summary of recommended sources:
• DatAnalysis Premium (database available through the Library)
• Company annual reports
• Company website
• Market Index, provides company profile, announcements, stock prices, dividend history, management information, director tran sactions, valuation ratios and other key statistics.
• Yahoo Finance,provides company profile, stock prices, valuation ratios and other key statistics.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provide macroeconomic and financial market data.