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Taylor’s University
Undergraduate Programme
FIN60104
Introduction to Finance
August 2020
Submission:
Turnitin before 22 Oct @5pm. No need to
submit any hardcopy.
Individual Assignment (35%)
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“There is only one war that matters. The Great War. And it is here.” — Jon Snow
Instructions
• This assignment is an individual assignment and contributes 35% of your total assessment.
Students from the same tutorial class are not allowed to choose the same company. It is on a
first come first serve basis. The name of the selected must be submitted to their respective
tutor latest by week 5. Any changes to this requirement must have the consent of your
respective tutor.
• Your assignment must be type written using font Times New Roman size 10, single spacing,
justified alignment, 1 inch margin on one sides of each page (single-sided printing).
• The assignment is to be submitted as a single written report of a MAXIMUM 1,500 words.
Word counts of text, excluding figures, tables, references, and appendices should be included
on the title page.
• Plagiarism in all forms will not be tolerated. Assignment submitted will automatically be
subjected to a similarity check. Marks will be deducted accordingly if the offence is
committed. There must be proper referencing and citation. Harvard Referencing is a must.
Citation must include, apart from the normal details, the page number from where the issue
for discussion has been taken.
• You are to submit a MS. Word file of your assignment including ALL parts such as the cover
page, references, tables, figures, and all appendixes to Turnitin before 22 Oct @ 5pm.
Assignments submitted via alternative modes will not be accepted. Late submission (based on
Times submission receipt) penalty is 50% for a 24-hour grace period. Assignments received
beyond the 24-hour grace period will receive a zero.
• Kindly ensure the hard copy of the completed assignment submitted to Turnitin contains the
following documents:
– Assignment Cover Sheet
– Assignment Feedback Form
– Completed written report
– References
Turnitin similarity %
Each assignment should not exceed 30% in its overall similarity index, which excludes bibliographies
and references, with no more than 5% similarity from each individual source. If this similarity is not
fulfilled, the module leader will provide adequate justifications and send the assignments to the
Academic Integrity Officer for examination (with reference to University’s Academic Integrity
Procedure, clause 4.1.2).
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Question
Ratio analysis can be used for identifying some of the issues of a firm. Indeed, Ratios draw the
management’s attention towards issues needing attention by evaluating a broad range of financial
aspects of an entity, such as its liquidity, efficiency of operations, and profitability.
You are required to select a company listed in Bursa Malaysia. Company should be selected based
on your name as follows.

Download the latest FOUR (4) years Financial Statements of the selected company. The selected
company must be from the manufacturing, industrial, oil and gas, trading or services sector. Do NOT
select a company in banking or financial services industry. Using ratio analysis, analyze the
selected company’s current position. The outcome of your analysis should be identifying some
strengths and weaknesses of the company, highilighting the issues you find and providing some
recommendations to the company’s management.
In your report include the followings.
a) Describe the selected company’s background.
b) Analyse and critically comment the company performance and trend based on the financial ratios of
the selected company for the past FOUR years (Note: Please use at least THREE financial ratios for
each group of ratios as mentioned below). Highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the company
based on your analysis.
i) Liquidity
ii) Assets management
iii) Financial Leverage
iv) Profitability
c) Formulate relevant recommendations to the company’s management based on the results of your
analysis.
d) Author a reflective writing on your own work, explaining how you demonstrated self-directed
learning while working on this assignment. You need to value your independent learning process in
this section. Be specific and support your statements with related examples.
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Taylor’s University
Undergraduate Programme
Introduction to Finance (FIN60104)
Aug 2020
Submission:
Turnitin before 22 Oct @ 5pm.
No need to submit any hardcopy.
Individual Assignment (35%)
Marking Scheme
Individual Assignment (FIN60104) Scoring Rubric