Assessment name: Assessment Task 3 - Individual Assignment

Weight: 40%

Assignment due date: Week 14 Sunday 11:59pm 29 October 2023

Length:  Maximum of 3,000 words

Submission: Submit electronically via Canvas

Feedback mode: Feedback will be provided on Canvas.

1.  Instructions

1. This is an individual assignment.

2. This assessment is designed to evaluate your achievement of Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as detailed in Assessment Task 3: Individual Assignment information page on Canvas.

3. The maximum word limit for this assignment is 3,000 words with a 10% allowance (3,300   words). The word count includes: the Title Page, Executive Summary, body of the report and all Appendices. The Bibliography, Table of Contents, figures and tables are excluded from

the word count limit.

4. The assignment will be marked out of a total of 100 marks and will count towards 40% of the total marks for this Course.

6. The assignment must be submitted via Canvas by the due date and time. Please note

penalties may apply to late submissions. Multiple submissions are permitted up to the due date and time.

2.  Research

For the purpose of this assignment you must research and write a report based on one

financial institution. The financial institution that you select will come from Table 1 in

Section 4 below. Unless with prior agreement with the Course Coordinator, you must only    use the financial institutions listed in this assignment. Failure to comply may result in a zero grade. Please contact the Course Coordinator with any queries regarding your selection of   financial institution at:tim.pfitzner@rmit.edu.au.

You will have to research and analyse relevant information from internet sources and

databases for key resources including the financial institutions annual reports (and/or 10-K forms for US Banks from the EDGAR website run by the Securities & Exchange Commission goto:https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html). Also use other

industry reports and investor information sourced from the financial institutions website,   Refinitiv Workspace, Reuters, Bloomberg, NASDAQ and databases are available from the     RMIT Library and financial regulators websites (e.g Central bank websites of the respective countries, G-20, FSB, and IMF).

You are expected to source your information and relevant statistics from reputable sources. Any information included from other sources must be appropriately referenced using RMIT  Harvard referencing style. For information regarding Harvard referencing style, please refer  tohttp://www.lib.rmit.edu.au/easy-cite/ . The use of Artificial Intelligence tools is permitted in this assignment subject to satisfying allRMIT Academic Integrityrequirements.

3.  Style of your report

Your written report must include the following components (reports not in this format will be penalised):

•   A Title Page for the report;

•   An Executive Summary (typically 1/2 page at most);

•   A Table of Contents;

•   A very brief introduction that discusses the purpose of the report, the report

structure (which should reflect the scope of work performed) and any limitations;

•   The body of the report including:

o Part 1 – Overview of the financial institution,

o Part 2 – Financial institution comparative analysis and

o Part 3 – Evaluation of future trends;

•   A conclusion that summarises the analysis and findings;

•   Appendices for detailed and/or large tables and figures; and

•   A bibliography of references.

Use of tables and figures is encouraged. When using tables and figures remember to label them and reference and discuss their content in the text. Detailed analysis can be contained in tables and appendices in preference to the main text. Remember diagrams are not included in your word count and may convey information more succinctly. An important tip: to avoid words being counted in your total, you can copy and paste tables and figures as embedded pictures.