6FNCE001W Banking Theory and Practice 2021-22
Individual Coursework
To be submitted before 1pm on Monday, 21st March 2022
The assignment is a case study. The length of the case study is 1000 words (+/- 10%) excluding cover page, table of contents, abstract, references and appendices.
Required:
Conduct a case study on how Brexit and uncertainty of Brexit plan for financial services have affected a chosen UK commercial bank so far, in the context of performance and risk level. Your case study needs to include the following elements:
a. Explain the background of the mentioned topic, using appropriate references.
b. Clearly explain the objectives of your case study. This should include the details of which types of performance and risk you choose to study.
c. Collect financial data of your chosen UK commercial bank from a reliable source.
d. Carefully evaluate financial ratios/measures which meet the objectives of the case study.
e. Analysis the financial ratios/measures, with the support of appropriate diagrams.
f. Critically argue whether the bank’s performance and risk were affected by Brexit.
g. Your essay has to include a cover page (with the title of essay, do NOT include your student ID), a list of reference, and the appendix if needed.
h. The referencing format should be Harvard referencing style.
This coursework should be submitted via the module blackboard site. You are expected to understand the university regulation on academic offence. The rules on late submission and plagiarism are applied and fully enforced by the school.
Key Marking Criteria:
(i) Explanation on the topic
(ii) Quality of data collected
(iii) Choice and evaluation of financial ratios/measures for bank analysis
(iv) Analysis of the chosen financial ratios/measures
(v) Validity and insightfulness in discussion and arguments
Submission of Coursework
Unless explicitly stated otherwise in writing by the module leader, all coursework on this module is submitted via Blackboard only. It will automatically be scanned through a text matching system (designed to check for possible plagiarism).
• DO NOT attach a CA1 form or any other form of cover sheet;
• YOU MUST NOT include your student ID (anonymous marking, do not write your name) on the first page of your assignment.
To submit your assignment:
• Log on to Blackboard at http://learning.westminster.ac.uk
• Go to the module Blackboard site;
• Click on the ‘Submit Coursework’ link in the centre of the module page, as advised by the module teaching team;
• Click on the link for the relevant assignment;
• Follow the instructions.
You will be given details by the module teaching team about how and when you will receive your marks and feedback on your work.
REMEMBER:
It is a requirement that you submit your work in this way. All coursework must be submitted by 13:00 on the due date.
If you submit your coursework late but within 24 hours or one working day of the specified deadline, 10% of the overall marks available for that element of assessment will be deducted, as a penalty for late submission, except for work which is marked in the range 40 – 49%, in which case the mark will be capped at the pass mark (40%).
If you submit your coursework more than 24 hours or more than one working day after the specified deadline you will be given a mark of zero for the work in question.
The University’s mitigating circumstances procedures relating to the non-submission or late submission of coursework apply to all coursework.