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FINN2021

Financial Markets and Institutions

Undergraduate Programmes 2023/24

SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT

Choose one category of financial institution from the following list:

(i)

Investment banks

(ii)

Commercial banks

(iii)

Mutual funds

(iv)

Hedge funds

(v)

Private Equity Companies

Critically examine the role in financial intermediation in the post-2008 period, from the perspectives of users and providers of funds, of your chosen category of institution. You should support your analysis by using academic literature.

Overall word limit: 1500 words

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Your completed assignment must be uploaded to Ultra no later than 12:00 midday on Monday 11 March 2024

A penalty will be applied for work uploaded after 12:00 midday as detailed in

the Programme Handbook.  You must leave sufficient time to fully complete

the upload process before the deadline and check that you have received a

receipt. At peak periods, it can take up to 30 minutes for a receipt to be

generated.

Assignments should be typed, using 1.5 spacing and an easy-to-read 12-point font. Assignments and dissertations/business projects must not exceed the word count indicated in the module handbook/assessment brief.

The word count should:

.   Include all the text, including title, preface, introduction, in-text citations, quotations, footnotes and any other items not specifically excluded below.

.   Exclude diagrams, tables (including tables/lists of contents and figures), equations, executive summary/abstract, acknowledgements, declaration, bibliography/list of references and appendices. However, it is not appropriate to use diagrams or tables merely as a way of circumventing the word  limit.  If a student uses a table or figure as a means of presenting his/her own words, then this is included in the word count.

Examiners will stop reading once the word limit has been reached, and work beyond this point will not be assessed. Checks of word counts will be carried out on submitted work, including any assignments or dissertations/business projects that appear to be clearly over-length. Checks may take place manually and/or with the aid of the word count provided via an electronic submission. Where a student has intentionally misrepresented their word count, the School may treat this as an offence under Section IV of the General Regulations of  the University.  Extreme cases may be viewed as dishonest practice under Section IV, 5 (a) (x) of the General Regulations.

Very occasionally it may be appropriate to present, in an appendix, material which does not properly belong in the main body of the assessment but  which some students wish to provide for the sake of completeness. Any appendices will not have a role in the assessment - examiners are under no obligation to read appendices and they do not form part of the word count. Material that students wish to be assessed should always be included in the main body of the text.

Guidance on referencing can be found in the programme handbook and on Ultra.

MARKING GUIDELINES

Performance in the summative assessment for this module is judged against the following criteria:

.    Relevance to question(s)

.    Organisation, structure and presentation

.    Depth of understanding

.   Analysis and discussion

.    Use of sources and referencing

.    Overall conclusions

PLAGIARISM AND COLLUSION

Students suspected of plagiarism, either of published work or the work of other students, or of collusion will be dealt with according to School and University guidelines.