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Individual assignment for BANK6005 International Banking
Semester 2, 2020
This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment so you must work independently of others and submit
your assignment by yourself. See plagiarism notice on the next page.
Due date:
• The assignment is to be submitted by 6 pm, 20 November 2020 (Week 12)
• Late submissions will be penalised. See below for penalties.
Submission instruction:
• The only acceptable form of submission is electronic via the assignment submission
link on the unit’s Canvas site.
• The assignment submission link will close after 6 pm, 27 November 2020 (Closing
date).
• Hardcopy and email submissions will NOT be accepted.
Submission format:
• Only a Word format document in ONE file will be accepted. Submissions in any
other format or in multiple files are not acceptable and will NOT be marked if
submitted.
• It is your responsibility to ensure all pages correctly display your original content.
Missing or distorted figures and tables will result in lower marks.
• Your assignment Word file must be named in the following way (Penalties apply):
o BANK6005_xxxxxxxxx_S2_2020.Docx, Where xxxxxxxxx is your nine-digit
SID
What to include in the assignment:
• Your report should contain the followings parts, in the order listed:
1. A cover page (download from the assignment tab under Modules in Canvas)
2. An executive summary on a separate page (not included in the page limit)
3. Report
o Introduction
o Main text – addressing the five questions.
o Conclusion
4. A list of references
5. Apprentices to include tables and figures to support your assessments and
recommendations
• List of references used and in-text citations must follow the Harvard referencing style
http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/content.php?pid=160012&sid=1510179
• You should provide full references to all sources (data, figures and tables) used in
your assignment. DO NOT put tables and figures in the main report, instead put them
in appendices.
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• Pay particular attention to presentation. A significant component of your mark will be
based on presentation. Avoid overdoing formatting, and ensure that the assignment is
very clear, logical, and professional.
• Pay attention to grammar. Clear and logical presentation is a major challenge.
Preparing a concise report is another major challenge. Every part of the assignment
should add to the end result, otherwise, it is superfluous and distracting.
Assignment size:
• Your report should not exceed FIVE double spaced pages using 12 point Times
Roman font with at least 2cm margin on all sides (approx. 1500 words).
• Penalties apply if the format and length requirements are not met
• Only the main report (Introduction, main text and conclusion) is included in the page
(word) limit.
Total Marks for the Assignment:
• The assignment will be marked out of 100. The marks for each Question are shown
below.
PENALTIES:
• 2.5 marks per 6 hours (10 marks per calendar day) for late submission
• 2 marks per additional page (either whole or in part) beyond the 5-page size limit
• 2 marks per page for not using the required font, font size, spacing and page margin
(e.g. Max 10 mark deduction will apply if smaller or non- Times Roman fonts are
used or single or 1.5 spacing or smaller margins are used)
• 1 mark per figure or table included but not referred to in the text
• 1 mark per figure or table included without the data source clearly indicated
• 2 marks for a failure to follow the naming convention
• 2 marks for incomplete details on the cover page
Plagiarism:
• Plagiarism is a breach of the University of Sydney Code of Conduct and will be dealt
with by the Business School.
http://sydney.edu.au/student_affairs/plagiarism/index.shtml
• Be sure to acknowledge all of your source materials and provide proper citations for
any quotes.
• Checks for similar contents (web materials, other students’ projects, etc.) as
plagiarism check will be conducted by TURNITIN and the projects with a similarity
index significantly above an acceptable level will automatically be reported by the
system to the business school’s academic integrity unit which may result in a zero
mark being awarded for the assignment.
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Assignment
Length: Max. FIVE pages double-spaced, 12 point Times Roman font with at least 2cm
margin on all sides
You are a consultant working for the international banking group at Deloitte. Your firm has
been approached by a top 10 international bank (your choice from the latest top 20 rankings
in the Topic 1 note or from other sources) to undertake an assessment on its global strategy.
You need to produce a report outlining the bank’s overall performance as a whole and the
importance of its global income stream for the past five years. Importantly, you have been
asked by the senior management team of that bank to identify one or two key areas of
challenges (risks), and potential opportunities that it has been facing in their global market
strategies and/or will face in the near future that will likely affect its performance in the near
term. More importantly, you are required to propose strategies to minimise those risks and at
the same time, take advantage of the emerging opportunities in the global market.
You are required to write a FIVE-page report (excluding a cover page, an executive
summary, a list of references, and appendices containing tables and figures) which addresses
the following questions.
(a) Which of the top 10 banks have you chosen for your research and why? (5 marks)
(b) What has been the broad globalisation/global strategies of the bank? You should
explain the range of services it provides in the global market and its chosen form of
the organisational structure of global operation (i.e. branches vs. subsidiaries vs joint
ventures, etc.). (20 marks)
(c) What are the challenges the bank has been facing (will face) in the global market? Are
these opportunities limited to a certain region of the world or a group of countries (or
a single country) or limited to specific segments of the market (e.g. investment
banking activities or commercial banking activities). Do you think these challenges
have been identified and managed effectively by the bank? (25 marks)
(d) What are the emerging opportunities for the bank in the global market? Are these
opportunities limited to a certain region of the world or a group of countries (or a
single country) or limited to specific segments of the market (e.g. investment banking
activities or commercial banking activities). How is the bank placed to benefit from
these opportunities? (25 marks)
(e) What broad and specific strategies would you propose that the bank adopt in order to
effectively manage the challenges identified in (c) and to exploit the opportunities
identified in (d)? (25 marks)
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Assessment criteria:
• The analysis is based on real data/facts and demonstrates a good research effort.
References and data can be sourced from the chosen bank’s annual and other official
reports from their websites, Bloomberg, the internet, the relevant central
banks/regulators, Bank for International Settlements, equity analyst reports, etc. All
data presented need to be used to support your analysis and properly cited.
• Method of analysis is appropriate and discussed adequately. You should demonstrate
a sound knowledge of the key challenges(risks) and opportunities identified and the
analysis is well supported by the data/facts used. Clear, cohesive and logical
inferences are drawn from the analysis.
• Results of the analysis are well discussed with a focus on providing concrete risk
management strategies for the bank’s senior executives (esp. in (e)).
• The assignment is well written – it is clear and coherent in explanations and
discussion. Spelling, grammar, layout and structure of the assignment is overall wellpresented, logical and professional. Information sources are acknowledged. (
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Breakdown of marks in each question:
0% = not addressed,
20% = remotely addressed
40% = OK but little effort shown
60% = Good effort
80% = Excellent effort
100% = Exceeded expectations
Question (a) 5 marks
Justification for the choice of Top 10 bank (5 marks)
Question (b) 20 marks
1) Presentation and structure of the answer (5 marks)
2) Level of details of the globalisation strategy in relation to theory (10 marks)
3) Level of details on the organisational form of international banking (5 marks)
Question (c) 25 marks
1) Presentation and structure of the answer (5 marks)
2) Level of details of the challenges (5 marks)
3) Quality of Analysis (15 marks)
Question (d) 25 marks
1) Presentation and structure of the answer (5 marks)
2) Level of details of the opportunities (5 marks)
3) Quality of Analysis (15 marks)
Question (e) 25 marks
1) Presentation and structure of the answer (5 marks)
2) Quality of analysis and recommendations made (20 marks)