Sample paper on Assesed Coursework:International Financial Market
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS [M82CBS]
ASSESSED COURSEWORK:
June 2008 – August 2008 COHORT
The method of assessment for this module is 100% coursework. The coursework takes the form of one individual report. This piece of work should normally be around 3000 words [excluding tables / figures etc]. The deadline for submission of this work is 11th August 2008.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT TOPIC
Choose a company and outline and appraise some of the uses the company makes of derivatives markets and products.
ASSIGNMENT GUIDE
Your report will include some brief description of the derivatives positions [e.g. in swaps, forwards, futures and options] of your chosen company but will mainly comprise analysis and comment on the derivatives activities of your chosen company.
Your report may take the form of a general discussion of the use of derivatives or be a more detailed analysis of particular specific activities / transactions.
Your discussion may include your analysis of some of the following:
[a] The purposes of the activities e.g. are they undertaken to
hedge existing risks facing the company? You should make
clear how the derivatives activities are intended to achieve
these objectives.
[b] Alternative strategies the company could have pursued to
achieve similar aims, using other derivative or non-derivatives
strategies.
[c] How use of derivatives has changed over time e.g. in nature
and size of the activities undertaken, with some discussion
on why these might have occurred.
[d] The monitoring and governance of derivatives positions .
[e] Ex-post outcomes. Using current prices [e.g. exchange rates,
interest rates, commodity prices] you may comment on the
outcomes of the activities.
[f] You may compare the use of derivatives by your chosen
company with other companies, possibly in the same industry
e.g. oil producers or in related industries e.g. an oil producer
and an oil consumer.
The above is not intended to be definitive / exhaustive but offers some guidance on issues you may address in your discussion.
Your discussion should avoid quoting long passages taken directly from company reports / financial statements and in particular long descriptions of the accounting treatment of derivatives positions. The focus of this work should be on the use made
of derivatives by the company.
ASSIGNMENT AIMS / LEARNING OUTCOMES.
The learning outcomes that this coursework is intended to assess are:
[a] Your appreciation of the nature, characteristics and potential
uses of derivatives markets and products.
[b] Your understanding of how use of derivatives markets affects
and is affected by the business strategies of the companies
using them.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
In addition to the general references to derivatives markets, products and risk management provided in the Teaching Plan and Module Guide you may find some of the following useful for gathering company specific information:
REFERENCING / PLAGIARISM
You are reminded of the importance attached to the appropriate and correct referencing of the sources for your assessed coursework. See the Postgraduate Student Handbook for appropriate advice on the referencing of sources and the avoidance of plagiarism.
Coursework Resit deadlines
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