Faculty of Business
Assignment
Course Code: BUFN4702
Course Title: Financial Institutions and Markets
Maximum Marks: 15
Name: [IN CAPITAL LETTERS] ……………………………………………
Student ID: ………………………………………………………….…….….
Total Marks: 15
Last Date of Assignment Submission: 20/12/2020
Online Presentation date: 23/12/2020 8:30 AM- 10:00 AM
Note: The assignment file is available below titled: ” BUAFN4702-Assignment”
Instructions:
- The students are required to write report not more than 6000 words.
- The assignment should be submitted individually. Only submission through Turnitin will be accepted. No email submission will be accepted.
- Students are required to write reports in their own words and online presentation of reports is compulsory. MS Teams will be used for individual presentations.
- The students are required to prepare presentation slides (maximum 10 slides are allowed).
- The similarity index should not be more than 20 percent. Plagiarism more than 20 percent will be dealt according to the university policy.
Good luck!
- Institution/Financial Scandal
Instructions Section A
There are three Financial institutions given below. Student must incorporate these point in the assignment.
- Enron
- What is the origin of Enron financial scandal?
- What type of business the Enron was engaged in?
- Why the scandal happened? What went wrong?
- How the regulator and analyst were not aware? How Enron had hidden such scandal? What was the role of regulators/regulations?
- Why was there sudden decline in share price of Enron?
- Why high share prices were normal after dot.com bubble?
- Why mark to market method is blame for this scandal?
- Worldcom
- What is the origin of Worldcom financial scandal?
- What type of business the Worldcom was engaged in?
- Why the scandal happened? What went wrong?
- com has cook the books? If yes, how?
- How the regulator and analyst were not aware? How Enron had hidden such scandal? What was the role of regulators/regulations?
- Lehman Brothers
- What is the origin of Lehman Brothers financial scandal?
- What type of business the Lehman Brothers was engaged in?
- Why the scandal happened? What went wrong?
- What was the role of accounting standards in Lehman Brothers scandle?
- Financial Institutions and Market in Oman
- Classify Depository and Non-depository financial institution in Oman?
- What are regulatory requirement for listing companies stock market in Oman?
- How companies issue stocks on Muscat Securities exchange?
- Do Oman have investment banks? How investment banking play role in financial markets in Oman?
- What are different indexes used in Muscat securities Market and how these indexes are constructed?
- What are different capital market and money market instruments are available for investment in Oman?
- Monetary Policy and Interest rates in Oman
- How central bank manage monetary policy in Oman?
- What different monetary policy tools available used by central bank of Oman to control money supply in economy?