Part A – Calculation and Part B - 1000 words. Assessment purpose - The assignment is designed to enhance students’ skills in analysing and interpreting financial statements and other market-related financial information as well as facilitating students’ discussion of corporate governance in the finance sector. Students are advised that any submissions past the due date without an approved extension or without approved extenuating circumstances incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day, calculated from the total mark E.g. a task marked out of 40 will incur a 2 mark penalty per calendar day.

ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION: This assessment is a group activity and students are required to work with their respective groups. No individual submission will be accepted. You will not receive any marks for this assignment if your group members collectively report against you for non-participation or non-cooperation. You have to nominate someone as your group leader to coordinate the assignment submission. The assignment must be submitted online in Moodle and Turnitin. Only submit one copy of your assignment but include all group member names on the cover sheet. All materials MUST be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format. Other formats may not be readable by markers. Please be aware that any assessments submitted in other formats will be considered LATE and will lose marks until it is presented in MS Word. No paper based or hardcopy submission will be accepted.

GENERAL NOTES FOR ASSIGNMENTS - Assignments should usually incorporate a formal introduction, main points and conclusion, and will be fully referenced including a reference list. The work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. We strongly recommend you to refer to the Academic Learning Skills materials available in the Moodle. We recommend a minimum of THREE references, unless instructed differently by your lecturer. Unlessspecifically instructed otherwise by your lecturer, any paper with lessthan FIVE references may be failed. Work that includes sources that are not properly referenced according to the “Harvard Referencing Workbook” will be penalised. Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count – as a general rule you may go over or under by 10% than the stated length.

GENERAL NOTES FOR REFERENCING - High quality work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. References are assessed for their quality. You should draw on quality academic sources, such as books, chapters from edited books, journals etc. Your textbook can be used as a reference, but not the lecturer notes. We want to see evidence that you are capable of conducting your own research. Also, in order to help markers determine students’ understanding of the work they cite, all in-text references (not just direct quotes) must include the specific page number/s if shown in the original. Before preparing your assignment or own contribution.

Content of the report (demonstrated knowledge of the topic): 15 marks, Presentation: Proper report format is used and an assignment cover page is also presented: 2 marks. Referencing: Harvard referencing is strictly followed. A minimum of 3 different academic reference sources were used. Students are advised to use EBSCO Research. (Remember that Wikipedia, Investopedia and other similar websites are not academic sources and must not be used.): 3 marks. Word limit: The word limit is 1,000 for the essay. The acceptable range for the essay’s word count is based on +/- 10%. Possible mark deduction if failing to comply with the requirement.

Collusion: Collusion is the active cooperation of two or more students/groups to deceive examiners. You will be guilty of collusion if you knowingly allow any of your academic work to be acquired by another person/group for presentation as if it were that person/group’s own work. If you offer to provide work to another student/group to be passed off as their own or if you arrange for another student or third party to complete work on your behalf, you are guilty of collusion.