According to the article: The role of financial markets and institutions in supporting the global economy during the COVID-19 pandemic report The COVID-19 pandemic arrived suddenly in a world that was unprepared for such an event and impacted the global economy severely and at pace. While global markets have become accustomed to economic shocks over the past century, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis was different in one material respect it stemmed from a global health crisis that quickly morphed into an economic crisis.

The full report can be accessed through; https://www.isda.org/a/zZzTE/The-Role-of-Financial-Markets-and-Institutions-in-Supporting-the-Global-Economy-During-the-COVID-19-Pandemic.pdf

Task

Your task is to undertake a study to investigate the impact of the COVID - 19 on the Financial Markets, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets in Fiji or the South Pacific. Furthermore, you are also to look what action has the Financial Institutions undertaken to safeguard themselves from the impacts and how has this affected the Fijian Economy. The impacts could be negative and positive. The impacts need to be discussed and suggestions/recommendations made where possible.

This is a research assignment and students need to write the research paper which shall include, but not limited to abstract, introduction, literature review, research methodology, research evidence/findings, recommendations/way forward and conclusion.

You will need to undertake a comparison research in the Fijian Market to be able to get a good mark in this assignment.