BAFI3278 Applied Finance A Case Study Approach Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025 | RMIT

BAFI3278 Learning Outcomes: 1, 2

• CLO1: Demonstrate the ability to solve real-life problems in financial markets.
• CLO2: Critically evaluate the role of participants in capital markets.

Rubric/Marking Criteria

A detailed grading rubric will be available on Canvas.

Submission:

Word document should be submitted via Turnitin

• Save your completed paper as follows: SXXXXXXXX_Your Name
• Upload the paper to TurnItIn using the link on this page.

Include the following text on the front page of the assessment document:

"I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment, I have read, understood, and agree to the content and expectations of the Assessment Declaration."

Feedback: Will be given online via Canvas.

Late work:

A penalty of 10% of the total possible mark (of the task) per day will apply to a late submission. It means that a penalty of 0.42% of the total possible mark (of the task) per hour will apply to a late submission. The unit for calculating late penalties is 'hour'. Any late submission received after the designated deadline, whether by 1 second or up to one hour, will be treated as a complete one-hour late submission, resulting in a penalty of 0.42% of the total possible mark. Weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) are considered when counting total late days for electronic submissions.

Instructions:

• You are required to write answers for ALL the questions.
• Your report should be formatted appropriately. (A4 page size, Font Style Times New Roman, Font Size - Headings 14 and body 12, Line spacing 1.5, Standard Margins) You must add a cover page to the report with your details.
• You need to follow the Harvard Referencing style, format the reference list and add in-text citations. Information without citations will be considered plagiarism.
• Save your report as Student number (SXXXXXX)_Student Name Assignment 1_BAFI3278

BAFI3278 Assessment Details

Your case report should be based on one of the following topics, and your lecturer will assign a topic for you.

• COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the financial system of a country -
  Take the first letter of your first name and select one country starting from that letter. Write a report analysing how Covid-19 affected the financial system of that country, how the banking system responded to the Covid-19 crisis and the implications of short-term and long-term consequences of these actions.
  Ex: If your first name is "Chau" - You should select a country name starting with the letter "C".
• Collapse of Signature Bank
• Collapse of Credit Suisse Bank
• The WorldCom Scandal
• Amaranth Advisors Scandal
• Greenwashing scandal of DWS Group at Deutsche Bank
• Greenwashing scandal of Volkswagen Company

You are required to critically analyse the problem/s in the given topic, identify the reasons or background of the issue, evaluate the role of market participants, analyse the solutions adopted, or propose any alternative solutions that you think the financial markets/ corporations could have implemented based on your knowledge on theories and concepts studied in Weeks 1,2,3 and 6.

Your report should be written at a suitable professional level, using specialised terms and concepts appropriate to the relevant topic/ case and should also be enriched with relevant statistics, data and/or graphs. You are expected to conduct research using peer-reviewed journal articles, newspapers written in English, and books and provide adequate references in your report. DO NOT refer to general or unreliable websites.