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Microsoft Word - instructions MID SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT.docx AFIN8003 MID SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT (25%) TOPIC and RESOURCES Instructions: Write a 1500-word (+/- 10%) report in your own words, answering the Question below, along with the additional Bonus aspect (see below) using footnotes. You should use a few appropriate section headings. Include a (brief) Introduction and Conclusion. Only the references listed below are permitted; reference them briefly in brackets during the text of your analysis using simply the author/journal/date (eg Smith, Investor magazine, April 2020); provide a full list of references used, at the end of your paper. Footnotes must be numbered and displayed page-by-page as they occur (not in a single list at the end of your essay). Footnotes and bibliography are additional to the core 1500 word requirement. Your assignment must be typed and submitted in PDF online via iLearn, where it will be checked by Turnitin for similarity: plagiarism may result in penalty deductions or failure of the assessment. Allow time to format, check, PDF and upload your report before the deadline. The report is due no later than Friday 11 September 17:00 (Sydney time). Late submissions will score zero. Main Question: Corona crisis and banks (20 marks) How is the 2020 COVID crisis affecting banks and bank regulation in advanced industrial countries (including Australia)? References: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/economy/covid-19/banking-and-capital-markets-impact- covid-19.html https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/fitch- downgrades-australia-s-4-biggest-banks-on-covid-19-impact-57936867 https://thewest.com.au/business/economy/global-financial-crisis-shake-up-of-banks-will-get-us- through-covid-19-says-reserve-bank-of-australia-ng-b881515175z https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/new-normal-life-for-australia-s-banks- after-the-pandemic-won-t-be-pleasant-20200505-p54px3.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-31/are-australian-banks-safe-amid-the-shock-of- coronavirus/12101830 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/banks-sacrificed-cdr-efforts-to-prevent-covid-19-cyber-threats-547396 https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2020/sp-gov-2020-03-19.html https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-regulation/bank-of-england-cancels- stress-test-of-banks-over-coronavirus-idUKKBN2170QI https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/27/deutsche-bank-warns-on-coronavirus-impact-as-its-profit-falls- from-a-year-ago.html https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2020/html/ssm.pr200312~43351ac3ac.en.html https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2020/05/bridge-recovery-banks-covid-19-pandemic-response/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/fed-response-to-covid19/ https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/business/bank-earnings-defaults-recession/index.html https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20200401a.htm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks-bis-idUSKCN21X1B6 https://voxeu.org/article/stress-tests-banks-liquidity-insurers-time-covid https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull11.htm https://www.bis.org/fsi/fsibriefs2.htm https://www.bis.org/press/p200403.htm https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-shock-vs-global-financial-crisis-the-worse-economic- disaster/a-52802211 https://www.investmentweek.co.uk/opinion/4012753/coronavirus-crisis-1918-2008 https://www.morgans.com.au/Blog/2020/March/Equity-Strategy-Why-COVID-19-isnt-a-GFC Bonus points for making connections with lectures 1-6 (5 marks) 5 bonus marks are available – during the course of your answer to the Main Question - for insightfully identifying connections to concepts/measures/issues in AFIN8003 lectures weeks 1-6. Cite the location in lectures (eg .’week 4, slide 7’). Use footnotes ONLY to establish these connections between your assignment and concepts from AFIN8003 lectures. These footnotes are additional to the 1500-word essay length. Be sure to display footnotes at the foot of the essay page where they are referenced (not as a single list at the end of the report). TOTAL MARKS AVAILABLE: 25 DUE BY: 5pm (17:00 Sydney time) Friday 11 September 2020 Microsoft Word - marking guide Major Assignment.docx AFIN8003 BANKING AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION Major Assignment: marking guide Criteria Very weak Weak Adequate Good Excellent Relevance Failure to understand the question, extensive irrelevance Failure to address important aspects of the question Adequate answer to the question, covers main aspects Thorough answer covering most aspects of the question Comprehensive and effective answer to the question Knowledge and understanding Major errors, little knowledge or reading Limited knowledge with serious errors or omissions Adequate knowledge and understanding, errors balanced by sound work Conceptually sound, wide- ranging knowledge and understanding Knowledge based on independent reading and high-level synthesis Critical, analytical and integrative thinking No evidence of critical or analytical abilities Little evidence of critical or analytical abilities Sound argument with evidence of analysis and reasoning, more description than analysis Flair and originality of thought, effective criticism of other arguments Penetrating analysis, persuasive and original criticism of others Evidence of the use of appropriate materials Very little evidence of having read relevant material Little use of evidence, limited reading, references of an inadequate standard Some use of evidence, fair amount of reading, over- reliance on one or two authorities Good use of evidence, wide reading, generally well digested Excellent use and evaluation of evidence Structure and presentation Many faults in logic and structure of report, ideas expressed incoherently Weak structure and argument, poor style and presentation Generally coherent structure, generally clear writing and acceptable style Well organised structure, clear writing and accurate English style Excellent structure, every paragraph counts, English style shows flair and eloquence