HA1022 Principles Of Financial Management :
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| HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION | |
| Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines | |
| Trimester | T2 2022 |
| Unit Code | HA1022 |
| Unit Title | Principles of Financial Management |
| Assessment Type | Group Assignment |
| Assessment Title | Research on the Australian Financial Market |
| Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) | To complete this assessment, students are required to: Explain the institutional framework of the Australian financial system.Discuss the financial instruments available from their chosen company. their uses and apply the financial concepts to their chosen company.Perform financial ratio calculations and analysis.Assess the relationships between financial institutions that make up their chosen industry. |
| Weight | 40% of the total assessments |
| Total Marks | 40 |
| Word limit | 3,000 words (Maximum) |
| Due Date | Week 10 |
| Submission Guidelines | All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers.Use appropriate referencing (in-text citation and reference lists) Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.Submitted work should be your original work showing your creativity. Please ensure the self-check for similarity to be done before final submission in accordance with SafeAssign Student Guide in Blackboard. Please note that it can take 48 hours for the self-check report to be available for your viewing.You are required to submit the assignment at Group Assignment Final Submission, which is under Assessment folder on Blackboard. Always keep an electronic copy until you have received the final grade for the Unit. Please make sure that you submit the correct file. Any appeal relating to wrong submission after the deadline will not be considered. |
Assignment Specifications
Assignment Tasks
The HA1022 Principles Of Financial Management task is a written analysis report of your chosen corporation the financial environment. You are required to apply the financial concepts you have learned in class to your chosen industry and company.
In groups of 3-4, students should first choose one ASX listed company to undertake financial ratio, market and competitor analysis. Finally, identify the industry’s regulator and your chosen ASX Listed company and the recent actions (within the last three years) that they have taken to control ethical behaviour in the industry. Note that groups cannot have the same ASX Listed Company. The first-come, first-served rule will apply.
The assignment Structure should be as the following:
| Requirement/s and Guide Questions | |
| 1 | Industry Description (4 marks, up to 400 words) Discuss the size of the industry and the level of competition.Identify the regulator/s of the industry. Comment on the extent of the regulator’s power to ensure compliance within the industry. |
| 2 | Company Description (6 marks, up to 600 words) What is/are the main source of business (the main source of revenue)?What is the ownership structure of your company? |
| 3 | Financial Instrument Analysis (6 marks, up to 600 words) Secure a copy of your chosen firm’s 2019 or 2020 Balance Sheet and Income Statements and attach them to your appendix.Evaluate the cash or liquidity situation of the company and provide your opinion based on the liquidity ratios. |
| 4 | Financial Structure Analysis (10 marks, up to 800 words) Suppose your chosen company requires AUD 10 Million to finance a new project, and your finance managers are evaluating whether to borrow or issue new shares. Identify 2 key financial ratios that will be important to creditors.Identify 2 key financial ratios that will be important to shareholders.Calculate the 4 financial ratios (above) based on the financial statements you have attached.Based purely on Financial Ratios, recommend whether it is better for the company to borrow the AUD 10 Million or issue AUD 10 Million new shares. |
| 5 | Financial Market Analysis (8 marks, up to 200 words) a) Conduct further research on your chosen company and explain the governance environment of the company. Has it been involved in any unethical practices in the past? How did the regulators and investors react? If there has been no reported incidence of unethical behaviour, comment on your chosen company’s strategies that ensure compliance with the law. |
| 6 | Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations (4 marks, up to 400 words) Based on a summary of your findings, conclude whether the financial market for your chosen industry is healthy. |
| 7 | Presentation of Paper (including Assignment Cover Page and Reference List) – 2 marks and not included in word count |
| Marking Criteria | Weighting |
| Industry Description | 4 |
| Company Description | 6 |
| Financial Instrument Analysis | 6 |
| Financial Structure Analysis | 10 |
| Financial Market Analysis | 8 |
| Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations | 4 |
| Presentation of Paper (including references) | 2 |
| TOTAL Weight | 40 |
Academic Integrity
Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding Academic Integrity, as Academic Integrity is integral to maintaining academic quality and the reputation of Holmes’ graduates. Accordingly, all assessment tasks need to comply with academic integrity guidelines. Table 1 identifies the six categories of Academic Integrity breaches. If you have any questions about Academic Integrity issues related to your assessment tasks, please consult your lecturer or tutor for relevant referencing guidelines and support resources. Many of these resources can also be found through the Study Sills link on Blackboard.
Academic Integrity breaches are a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from deduction of marks, failure of the assessment task or unit involved, suspension of course enrolment, or cancellation of course enrolment.
Table 1: Six Categories of Academic Integrity Breaches
| Plagiarism | Reproducing the work of someone else without attribution. When a student submits their own work on multiple occasions this is known as self-plagiarism. |
| Collusion | Working with one or more other individuals to complete an assignment, in a way that is not authorised. |
| Copying | Reproducing and submitting the work of another student, with or without their knowledge. If a student fails to take reasonable precautions to prevent their own original work from being copied, this may also be considered an offence. |
| Impersonation | Falsely presenting oneself, or engaging someone else to present as oneself, in an in-person examination. |
| Contract cheating | Contracting a third party to complete an assessment task, generally in exchange for money or other manner of payment. |
| Data fabrication and falsification | Manipulating or inventing data with the intent of supporting false conclusions, including manipulating images. |
Source: INQAAHE, 2020
Marking Rubric
| Excellent (85% – full marks given) | Very Good (80%) | Good (65%) | Satisfactory (50%) | Unsatisfactory (0%) | |
| Industry Description (4%) | Identification of the players within the industry, the level of competition, the regulators of the industry and how they | Identification of the players within the industry, the level of competition, and the regulators of the industry. | Identification of the players within the industry and the level of competition. | Identification of the players within the industry. | No introduction or description of the industry. |
| interact with each other. | |||||
| Company | Identified an ASX Listed | Identified an ASX Listed | Identified an ASX Listed | Identified an ASX Listed | No introduction or description of the ASX Listed Company included in the report. Inappropriate choice of organisation. Not in the approved list nor in the correct industry. |
| Description | Company within the chosen | Company within the chosen | Company within the | Company within the chosen | |
| (6%) | industry with clarity and | industry with some clarity and | chosen industry with some | industry with some clarity and | |
| relevance and have included all | relevance and have included all | clarity and relevance and | relevance and have included at | ||
| 3 of the requirements of the | 3 of the requirements of the | have included at least 2 of | least 1 of the requirements of | ||
| section and linked them with | section. | the requirements of the | the section. | ||
| the company’s mission, vision | section. | ||||
| and goals. |
| Financial Instrument Analysis (6%) | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and at least 2 financial instruments have been identified and analysed correctly. Check for any OBS business has been done and commented on. Risk between Balance Sheet and OBS business in terms of volume has been analysed. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and at least 2 financial instruments have been identified and analysed correctly. Check for any OBS business has been done and commented on. If none, then a comment must still be made. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and at least 2 financial instruments have been identified and analysed correctly. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and at least 1 financial instrument has been identified and analysed correctly. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement not attached in appendices. Financial instruments not identified. |
| Financial Structure Analysis (10%) | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and all financial ratios appropriate for the company has been chosen and analysed correctly. Analysis of whether each ratio is a strength or weakness is provided. Conclusion provided on whether AUD 10 Million is to be raised using debt or equity. Excellent marks will be given if the 6 ratios are linked with each other or if more relevant ratios are provided and analysed. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and financial ratios analysed correctly. Analysis of whether each ratio is a strength or weakness is provided. Conclusion provided on whether AUD 10 Million is to be raised using debt or equity. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and financial ratios analysed correctly. Analysis of whether each ratio is a strength or weakness is provided. Conclusion provided on whether AUD 10 Million is to be raised using debt or equity. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement attached in appendices and financial ratios analysed correctly. Analysis of whether ratio is a strength or weakness is provided. | Balance Sheet and Income Statement not attached in appendices. Financial ratios not appropriate for the company and/or incorrectly calculated. |
| Financial Market Analysis (8%) | Good data presented in support of the role/s or the ASX Listed company within the financial system and well researched ethical issues that are linked to company practices and policies. | Good data presented in support of the role/s or the ASX Listed company within the financial system and well researched ethical issues within the chosen industry. | Good research on role/s of the ASX Listed company within the financial system, including the level of regulation within the industry. | Enough research to support comment on the role of the chosen ASX Listed Company within the financial system. | Inadequate research to support the financial market analysis. No comment on the role of the chosen ASX Company in the financial system. |
| Findings, Conclusion and Recommendation ns (4%) | Presenting a wide range of adequate recommendations that exemplarily supported by justification and analysis; Using data and information derived from financial analysis completed in an efficient, analytical and logical manner; | Presenting very good recommendations that properly supported by justification and analysis; Data and information derived from financial analysis completed are properly used to support the recommendations | Presenting adequate recommendations that properly supported by justification and research; Data and information derived from financial analysis completed are properly used to support the recommendations | Demonstrating limited justification and analysis of the given recommendations; | Providing no recommendations or inadequate recommendations for financial institutions; No relevant justification using data and information derived from the analysis of financial statements; |
| Presentation of Paper – including references (2%) | Demonstrated a high level of understanding and skills of academic writing by means of criticism, logical argument, and interpretation of data and information. Assignment Cover Page and Reference List provided and can be traced to in text citation. Reference list is appropriate for the research. | Very rational demonstration of the ability to present the ideas in proper analytical and contextual level Assignment Cover Page and Reference List provided and can be traced to in text citation. Reference list is appropriate for the research. | Demonstrating the ability to present the ideas in proper analytical and contextual level Assignment Cover Page and Reference List provided and can be traced to in text citation. | Demonstrating limited skills of academic writing in terms of structure, presentation, wordings and referencing Assignment Cover Page and Reference List provided | Failing to meet the requirements of academic writing in terms of structure, presentation, wordings and referencing. No Assignment Cover Page and Reference List |
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