HSBC bank regulations

Assignment, Finance and Accounting HSBC bank regulations

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Project description Banking and Legal Compliance In Module Coursework Assignment (Weighting 30%): The assignment is a group report on the regulatory environment, investment products and risk management in banking. Each group should consist of three students. Please confirm with your seminar Tutor that your chosen bank is appropriate. The length of the report is 2500 words excluding references and appendices. Coursework Assignment Outline: Assume that you and your colleagues are working in the banking industry and you are asked to produce a report analyzing a large bank in terms of its regulatory environment, investment products, the various risks it faces in the market place and tools used by the bank to manage the risks. The report is to be submitted to the head office of the HSBC to review the current financial climate in which the bank operates and devise a solid financial strategy for the bank for the next three years. Required: 1. Discuss the regulatory environment in which the bank operates and how the recently introduced regulations are affecting the bank business functions. (Marks allocated: 30% - 750 words excluding appendices) 2. Analyse the investment products used by the bank and discuss any plans to improve its return from lending activities in the next three years. (Marks allocated: 30% - 750 words excluding appendices) 3. Explain the main risks facing the bank, both in the home and foreign markets and tools used by the bank to manage each risk. (Marks allocated: 40% - 1000 words excluding appendices) An electronic copy of your assignment, which is properly labelled with your names & students numbers, should be submitted via the module blackboard site. You are expected to make full use of all academic sources including books, periodicals and journal articles. Examples of other sources of information include the bank interim and annual reports and financial databases. The assignment must go through ‘Turnitin’ and submitted electronically no later than' 13.00 on Wednesday 2nd April 2014. The rules on late submission and plagiarism are applied and fully enforced by the school. Submission of Coursework Unless explicitly stated otherwise in writing by the module leader, all coursework on this module is submitted via Blackboard only. It will automatically be scanned through a text matching system (designed to check for possible plagiarism). • DO NOT attach a CA1 form or any other form of cover sheet; • YOU MUST include your name and student ID on the first page of your assignment. To submit your assignment: • Log on to Blackboard at http://learning.westminster.ac.uk ; • Go to the relevant module Blackboard site; • Click on the ‘Submit Coursework’ link in the navigation menu on the left-hand side, as advised by the module teaching team; • Click on the link for the relevant assignment; • Follow the instructions. You will be given details by the module teaching team about how and when you will receive your marks and feedback on your work. PLEASE REMEMBER: It is a requirement that you submit your work in this way. All coursework must be submitted by 13.00 on the due date. If you submit your coursework late but within 24 hours or one working day of the specified deadline, 10% of the overall marks available for that element of assessment will be deducted, as a penalty for late submission, except for work which is marked in the range 50 – 59%, in which case the mark will be capped at the pass mark (50%). If you submit your coursework more than 24 hours or more than one working day after the specified deadline you will be given a mark of zero for the work in question. The University’s mitigating circumstances procedures relating to the non-submission or late submission of coursework apply to all coursework.