As part of your development as a critical thinker within the financial sciences, there is a need to understand and partake in detailed international discussions about relevant and recent issues within the financial markets. As such your task is to make individual research report on a topic of your choice. Your topic must focus on the core financial markets including bond, equity, and/or derivative markets.

Research report guide:

1. You should begin your research report by having consideration for contemporary issues within both the national and international financial markets - bonds, equities, and/or derivatives. You try to should identify an issue that you believe is both important and of interest to you.
2. In the individual research report, you should conduct your own research, which goes beyond the course materials provided to you. The aim of this assessment is to demonstrate your knowledge and critical understanding of the topic covered over the academic semester.
3. You should identify a core research question that would guide your exploration of the area of research interest that you have identified.