ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Your team is one of many young and aspiring financial consultants that have been approached by a group of foreign investors interested to invest in a Malaysian corporation.

They have narrowed down their interest to 3 public listed companies, all of whom operate in separate industries.

iii. Genting Berhad

Due to their unfamiliarity with the country, industries and companies, your team has been tasked with one of these firms designated for potential investment to carry out a concise financial and non-financial analysis of its performance.

These investors do not have a solid background in accounting or finance, thus requires your financial expertise to advise them accordingly.
Through their basic understanding of profit, the plan was to invest in the firm with the highest recent profit but this was discouraged as it ignored a range of broader factors. However, they remain unsure how these firms with a diverse range of economic focus and resources can be fairly compared to one another.

Once your report is submitted, your team will then be invited to present your main findings and provide your proposed recommendations to the investors.

REQUIREMENTS:
Your financial analysis should cover a 5-year period of the company’s most recent annual reports.

Source of information:
• Bursa Malaysia.

o Through the link above, you will be able to access the website and stock exchange site of your public listed company, both of which can lead you to their respective annual reports up until 2016

Other types of useful information may be available from the following sources:

o DatAnalysis Premium: A Database accessible through Library, useful for ASX Announcements, company history, annual reports, directors and management etc

o International magazines: Time, The Economist, Business Week (University Library has access to some but not all of these);

o Newspapers: The Star, New Straits Times, The Straits Times, BERNAMA, other newspapers and business publications (e.g. through the databases available through the University Library);

o Newsletters issued by stockbrokers and fund managers.

o Prescribed textbook

Note carefully that students are not expected to purchase industry or company specific reports from commercial suppliers. Only resources which are available through University Library or on corporate or other websites (or other media such as Newspapers electronically available for example) and which are free of charge are expected to be used.

Analysis of the financial performance (30 marks)
i. Manual calculation of ratios but only limited to any 2 financial performance classifications (listed below) based on the company’s annual reports.

You are however required to justify the classifications that you have selected.
o Profitability

o Asset Efficiency

o Liquidity

o Gearing or Capital Structure

o Investment

ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Your team is one of many you...