The deregulation of financial markets has enabled Australian banks to look at international financial markets as an alternative cost efficient source of funds. Students will research the international source of funds for the four big banks (ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac) and at least two smaller banks and produce a report. Students should: (1) Obtain the annual reports for the four big banks and least two smaller ones from 2006 to 2018 (2) Review the annual reports and summarise the foreign currency liabilities of each bank. (3) Prepare a report that includes the following: a. compares each bank’s international source of funds over time and the differences between each bank. b. compares the big four banks with the smaller banks. c. Given your insights from (2) – (3), recommend to the Australian government a financial policy that could ensure the stability of commercial banks’ (especially smaller banks), access to international funds. Research Requirement Presentation: Marking Guide: Students need to support their analysis with reference from text and a minimum of six (6) suitable, current, and academically accepted sources -. Students seeking Credit or higher grades should support their analysis with increased number of reference sources consistent with the grade they are seeking. Every page should clearly be numbered, and the assignment organised as follows: (a) IMC Cover Sheet for an Individual Assignment. (b) A title page, which indicates Subject title, Subject Code, Trimester number, Assignment title, your full name and IMC student number, word count . (c) Executive Summary (d) Table of Contents (e) Body (main contents – each to be a separate numbered section). - Introduction - Research – literature review - Analysis – this is the major part of your assignment and requires numbered sub-sections - Recommendations - Conclusion (f) References (g) Appendices (h)

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