Length: 3000 words. Students are required to form a group to study, undertake research, analyse and conduct academic work within the areas of business finance covered in learning materials Topics 1 to 10 inclusive. The assignment should examine the main issues, including underlying theories, implement performance measures used and explain the firm financial performance. Your group is strongly advised to reference professional websites, journal articles and text books in this assignment (case study).

This assignment must be completed IN Group. Each group can be from 2 to maximum 5 student members. Each group will choose 1 company and once the company has been chosen, the other group cannot choose the same company. First come first served rule applies here, it means you need to form your group, choose on company from the list of ASX and register them with your lecturer as soon as possible. Once your lecturer registers your chosen company, it cannot be chosen by any other group. Your lecturer then will put your group on Black Board to enable you to interact and discuss on the issues of your group assignment using Black Board environment. However, face to face meeting, discussion and other methods of communication are needed to ensure quality of group work. Each group needs to have your own arrangement so that all the group members will contribute equally in the group work. If not, a Contribution Statement, which clearly indicated individual contribution (in terms of percentage) of each member, should be submitted as a separate item in your assignment. Your individual contribution then will be assessed based on contribution statement to avoid any free riders.

Submission - Please make sure that your group member’s name and surname, student ID, subject name, and code and lecture’s name are written on the cover sheet of the submitted assignment. When you submit your assignment electronically, please save the file as ‘Group Assignmentyour group name .doc’. You are required to submit the assignment at Group Assignment Final Submission, which is under Group Assignment and Due Dates on Black Board. Submitted work should be your original work showing your creativity. Always keep an electronic copy until you have received the final grade for the Unit. Please make sure that you submit the correct file. Any appeal relating to submitting wrong files after the deadline will not be considered.

Presentation of written work - The report must have an academic written structure including an introduction, body and conclusion. Use numbers to structure body of the report (e.g., “2.5. Research via the internet”). Provide an explanation on each of these issues (points) and explain how they confirm the underlying financial management theory. You are required to use Times New Roman font, size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. Please insert page numbers into your assignment and use 3 cm margins. A high standard of work is always expected, so poorly presented work may be returned unmarked with a request to re-submit.

Outstanding data and information provided to answer the questions; Independent and deep analysis, based on wide research; Issues and factors are presented and analyzed in a logical interconnectedness; Broad and credible sources of references in proper referencing style. Calculation and presentation are demonstrated clearly; Ratios, beta, expected returns are derived and justified with exemplary analysis that based on current issues and key factors; Implications and explanation are provided convincingly Consistent 2 year analysis and properly justified for inclusions or exclusions.

Providing well established graphs of the chosen company’s share price, which shows obvious price trends in the given time frame Analyzing and comparing the chosen share price with All Ordinaries Index with exceptional good justification and data based analysis Outstanding research is conducted with wide based sources and proper referencing. Presenting a wide ranges of adequate recommendations that exemplarily supported by justification and analysis; Using data and information derived from financial analysis completed in an efficient, analytical and logical manner; Demonstrated a high level of understanding and skills of academic writing by means of criticism, logical argument, and interpretation of data and information.