UseBank of England, Yahoo! Finance and any other websites that offer historical spot foreign exchange data to extract the daily closing currency values from 1 May 2019 to 2 May 2020.
Assessment Brief
MBA7006 Finance of International Business
Assessment Details
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BAC7006 assessment |
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Pass marks are 40% for undergraduate work and 50% for postgraduate work unless stated otherwise. |
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ASSESSMENT TASKS You are a fund manager of an investment bank in the UK. You are planning to construct a portfolio using the following currencies: JPY/GBP and SGD/GBP. You wish to examine and critically evaluate the performance of these currencies from 1 May 2019 to 2 May 2020. For this purpose, you are required to conduct some analyses and write a 3000-word report. PART A (40%)
(a) The daily rate of returns for each of the currencies.Visually examine the performance of the value of the currency and the daily rate of returns for each of the currencies by showing the data on graphs or charts as appropriate. (b) The mean returns for each of the currencies. (c) The variance and standard deviation of returns for each of the currencies. (d) The covariance of returns between each pair of the currencies. (e) The correlation coefficients of returns between each pair of the currencies
PART B (40%) This section requires you to construct an equally weighted portfolio of the currencies selected above.
(a) The daily rate of returns ofthe portfolio. Visually examine the performance of the returnsfor the portfolio and each of the currencies by showing the data on graphs or charts as appropriate. (b) The mean, variance and the standard deviation of the portfolio returns. (c) The covariance and correlation coefficients of returns between each currency and the portfolio. (d) The coefficient of variation of returns for each currency and the portfolio.
PART C (20%) This section requires you to draw a conclusion of the portfolio construction and analysis above. From the viewpoint of a fund manager who wishes to determine whether the currencies that you examined are worth investing in, how useful is the portfolio analysis that you carried out? What limitations do you see in your analysis and results? What further analysis would you wish to carry out?
http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/registry/academichandbook/Documents/AH1_04_02.doc
https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/registry/Pages/Plagiarism.aspx The other examples of unfair practice are collusion and fabrication of data. The University defines collusion as when work that has been undertaken by or with others is submitted and passed off as solely as the work of one person. This also applies where the work of one candidate is submitted in the name of another. Where this is done with the knowledge of the originator both parties can be considered to be at fault. Fabrication of data can be defined as making false claims to have carried out experiments, observations, interviews or other forms of data collection and analysis, or acting dishonestly in any other way. Unfair Practice is regulated under the Academic Handbook that are explained in: http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/registry/academichandbook/Pages/Ah1_08.aspx
All sources of references cited in the text should be acknowledged (preferably using Harvard style of referencing). Paper size is A4 with margin in all directions of 2.54cm and font size 12. Line spacing may be single or 1.5 times. Format of the report:
i. The numbering of headings will be in Arabic numerals. ii. Headings will be located at the left margin. iii. Headings may be in capitals or a combination of upper and lower case (i.e. Capitalise the First Letter of Main Words).
i. Tables /Figures must be numbered (e.g. Figure 1 or Table 1). ii. Every table /figure will have a title. iii. The title will be located at the left margin. iv. The title may be in capitals or a combination of upper and lower case (i.e. Capitalise the First Letter of Main Words. The report (including text, formulas, all tables and diagrams; excluding cover page, content page and list of references) must not exceed 3000 words. A word count must be stated at the end of your report. Anything beyond this will be ignored in the assessment process. GUIDANCE ON ASSESSMENT MARKING The postgraduate general band descriptors for guidance on assessment marking can be found in: https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/registry/academichandbook/Documents/AH1_04_03.pdf
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3000 words |
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This a reflection of the effort required for the assessment. Word counts will normally include any text, tables, calculations, figures, subtitles and citations. Reference lists and contents of appendices are excluded from the word count. Contents of appendices are not usually considered when determining your final assessment grade. |
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Academic or technical terms explained: |
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London Stock Exchange (LSE)
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Submission Details
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Submission Deadline: |
Open on retrival time 2022 |
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This will normally be 20 working days after initial submission. |
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Submission Time: |
4pm on 29.11.2022. |
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Any assessments submitted after the deadline will not be marked and will be recorded as a non-attempt unless you have had an extension request agreed or have approved mitigating circumstances. See the School Moodle pages for more information on extensions and mitigating circumstances. |
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The assessment must be submitted as apdf document (save the document as a pdf in your software)and submit through the Turnitin submission point in Moodle.
Your assessment should be titled with your: student ID number, module code and assessment ID, e.g. st12345678 BHL5007 PORT1 |
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Feedback |
Feedback for the assessment will be provided electronically via Moodle. Feedback will be provided with comments on your strengths and the areas which you can improve. View theguidance on how to access your feedback.
All marks are provisional and are subject to quality assurance processes and confirmation at the programme Examination Board. |
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Assessment Criteria
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LEARNING OUTCOMES On completion of this coursework, students will be able to:
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Other skills/attributes developed This includes elements of the Cardiff Met EDGE (Ethical, Digital, Global and Entrepreneurial skills) and other attributes developed in students through the completion of the module and assessment. These will also be highlighted in the module guidance, which should be read by all students completing the module. Assessments are not just a way of auditing student knowledge. They are a process which provides additional learning and development through the preparation for and completion of the assessment. |
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Further Information
Who can answer questions about my assessment?
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Unless stated otherwise you must use the HARVARD referencing system. Further guidance on referencing can be found in the Study Smart area on Moodle and at www.citethemrightonline.com (use your university login details to access the site). Correct referencing is an easy way to improve your marks and essential in achieving higher grades on most assessments.
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Types of Unfair Practice, include:
Plagiarism, which can be defined as using without acknowledgement another person’s words or ideas and submitting them for assessment as though it were one’s own work, for instance by copying, translating from one language to another or unacknowledged paraphrasing. Further examples include:
- Use of any quotation(s) from the published or unpublished work of other persons, whether published in textbooks, articles, the Web, or in any other format, where quotations have not been clearly identified as such by being placed in quotation marks and acknowledged.
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- Summarising another person’s ideas, judgments, diagrams, figures, or computer programmes without reference to that person in the text and the source in a bibliography/reference list.
- Use of assessment writing services, essay banks and/or any other similar agencies (NB. Students are commonly being blackmailed after using essay mills).
- Use of unacknowledged material downloaded from the Internet.
- Re-use of one’s own material except as authorised by your degree programme.
Collusion, which can be defined as when work that that has been undertaken with others is submitted and passed off as solely the work of one person. Modules will clearly identify where joint preparation and joint submission are permitted, in all other cases they are not.
Fabrication of data, making false claims to have carried out experiments, observations, interviews or other forms of data collection and analysis, or acting dishonestly in any other way.
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