SUBJECT CODE & NAME: TFIN204 FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS Section Assessment No Assessment Task 3 Assessment type: Purpose: Value: Submission: Research Report 2500 words report - Individual assessment This project will further students understanding of Australian banks access to international capital markets. This assessment contributes to Learning Outcomes a, c, and f. 25% Due Date: 11:59 P.M. Sunday 31 May 2020 One soft copy (Word .doc or .docx) of the report to be uploaded to Moodle by 11:59 P.M. Sunday 31 May 2020 Assessment topic/s: Assessment of Australian banks access to the International capital markets. Full task details of the assessment: Task Details: The deregulation of financial markets has enabled Australian banks to look at international financial markets as an alternative cost efficient source of funds. Students will research the international source of funds for the four big banks (ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac) and at least two smaller banks and produce a report. Students should: (1) Obtain the annual reports for the four big banks and least two smaller ones from 2006 to 2018 (2) Review the annual reports and summarise the foreign currency liabilities of each bank. (3) Prepare a report that includes the following: a. compares each banks international source of funds over time and the differences between each bank. b. compares the big four banks with the smaller banks. c. Given your insights from (2) (3), recommend to the Australian government a financial policy that could ensure the stability of commercial banks (especially smaller banks), access to international funds. Research Requirement Presentation: Marking Guide: Students need to support their analysis with reference from text and a minimum of six (6) suitable, current, and academically accepted sources -. Students seeking Credit or higher grades should support their analysis with increased number of reference sources consistent with the grade they are seeking. Every page should clearly be numbered, and the assignment organised as follows: (a) IMC Cover Sheet for an Individual Assignment. (b) A title page, which indicates Subject title, Subject Code, Trimester number, Assignment title, your full name and IMC student number, word count . (c) Executive Summary (d) Table of Contents (e) Body (main contents each to be a separate numbered section). - Introduction - Research literature review - Analysis this is the major part of your assignment and requires numbered sub-sections - Recommendations - Conclusion (f) References (g) Appendices (h) (i) A copy of the Marking Rubric Reading and Research 30 Written presentation 20 Analysis 30 Recommendations and conclusions 20 Total 100 This total will be converted to a mark (correct to the nearer whole number), out of 25%