UU-MBA751:

Risk Management in Finance

UU-MBA751 – Risk Management in Finance

Assignment 2: 50 per cent of module marks
Instructions:

Assignment 2 Brief & Guidelines

Assignment Scenario
You are required to prepare a Risk Assessment Report for a company of your choice. The
report should include the following:

Introduction

1. Distinguish between different kinds of risk and the steps involved in the financial risk
management process.
2. Comprehensively discuss the main financial risk management tools and techniques

Main Body

1. Identify and prioritize the key financial risks of the company.

2. Develop a strategy for a company such as hedging.
3. Critically evaluate the impact of the recent financial crisis on modern risk management
practices and comprehensively understand the changes which are currently being introduced
into financial markets to comply with the new, post-crisis regulatory financial reform.

Conclusions and Recommendations

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Your report must be comprised of the following sections:

 Cover page and table of contents.
 Introduction.
 Main body of the assignment (essay content, analysis and review of literature. All the
elements that are included in the report must be adequately analyzed and supported with
material that is properly cited, paraphrased and referenced from a wide variety of external
sources).
 Conclusions (bring together your main points, address the main points as indicated above and
adequately summarize the findings of your assignment.

Marking criteria:

Element Weight %

Presentation (General Presentation and APA referencing) 10

Essay content 60

Essay structure and organization 20

Language clarity and accuracy 10

The following points should be noted for this part of the assessment:
 This is an individual assignment.
 The total number of words for this assignment should be 3000 words (+/- 10%) This does not
include the reference list and any appendices the report may include.
 The assignment should be your own work and properly referenced according to the
requirements of the APA Referencing system.
 Literature should be sourced from a variety of external sources such as textbooks and journal
articles. 
 The assignment must be submitted in a single word document using the corresponding link
found in the toggle titled “Course Assessment Point 2” and it will be automatically checked with
“Turnitin”.
 Accurate referencing of sources is crucial in this assignment. Please REFERENCE all sources
using the APA referencing system and make sure that you are familiar with this.
 Please familiarize yourself with the regulations on late submission. 
 This assignment carries a weight of 50% of the final module grade.
 This assignment must be submitted on the due date (end of Week 7– Sunday) by 11:59 pm
(23:59 hours) VLE (UTC) time at the latest.
 Feedback will be available within 6 working days.

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