BFA103 "Accounting & Financial Decision Making" CASE STUDY - Worth 15 Marks & Due Date Week 11 The main task of a financial analyst is to perform an extensive analysis of financial statements that is used in various aspects of financial decision-making in business. A business growing and extending internally and globally are depend strongly on making the right decision that hinge on how the financial information are analysed and interpreted in both internal and external financial decision contexts. In Australia, entities are becoming larger, more diversified and multinational. For example, National Australia Bank (NAB) is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation, earnings and customers. ' In addition, according to the Banks around the world website," NAB was ranked 53th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets in September 2016. The National Australia Bank (NAB) and its reported profit and total assets for the year 1996 compared to 2016. Year Reported Profit Total Assets 1996 $2.1 Billion $174 Billion 2016 $3.5 Billion $738 Billion As a financial analysist, you required to: 1) Obtain recent financial reports for The National Australia Bank (NAB) and any other bank operates in Australia for a minimum of 2 consecutive years. Summarize the net profit achieved for years selected and evalute the profitability for both years (and both banks) using any 2 profitability ratios. 2) Based on financial statements obtained, evaluate the financial liquidity of the NAB and the comparative bank for both years using any 2 financial liquidity ratios. https://accr.org.au/politicsab/. https://www.relbanks.com/worlds-top-banks/assets-2016