Personal investment Acaddemic Speech - repost

COURSEWORK 2013 Module Title: Personal Investment, Finance and Portfolio Management INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT - LEARNING OUTCOMES This course work will satisfy the following learning outcomes: • Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes K1. Develop a detailed understanding of the role of the securities markets from a personal financial perspective. K2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the various factors that affect the valuation of securities whilst contrasting the theoretical approaches to portfolio management with reported practice and their own experience from participation in “The Masters Portfolio Game”. K3. Develop a critical awareness of the opportunities and dangers offered by international diversification and of a range of available hedging opportunities. K4. Present a critical evaluation of the issues involved in managing investment portfolios whilst exploring their own personal development within a role-playing environment. • Ability Outcomes A1. Identify the main characteristics of various types of investments and their combination in a balanced portfolio. A2. Manage an investment portfolio and critically analyse the difficulties associated with portfolio management. A3. Present key information, analysis and recommendations in a manner appropriate to the audience. INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT Total for Individual Assessment 100% The first scenario:- Part 1). – worth 60% Your university tutor has recently encouraged you to submit a Masters Student presentation title to the organiser of a prestigious Investment Conference that the University will be hosting on the 30th April 2013. The conference secretary has just contacted you to let you know that your title:- “Personal investment in the UK – is it a science or a matter of good fortune?” has been accepted as a Masters Student speech on the opening day of the conference. You are now therefore required to prepare and submit a paper copy of your speech based on your title to the conference secretary before the actual conference and as there will be a number of Overseas academic subject specialists attending the conference and they have asked that all papers and speeches to be transcribed into their own language. You have also been informed that the conference guests of honour will be Lord Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Hughman, editor of the Investors Chronicle and Justin Urquhart-Stewart barrister, businessman and a commentator in the media on market events and developments. Part 2). – worth 20% In addition to preparing the speech the conference secretary has asked you to produce a maximum of 12 PowerPoint slides that you can use to support your actual speech and add value to the audience experience. Clients comments 2. 12 maximum power points slides (added value) (the slides are related to the part 1 but should new words instead of coping from above with writing a references for each points .. part 1 + part 2 = 4000 words teacher comments The second scenario:- Part 3). – worth 20% Your module tutor is keen for you to explore your employability development as it is anticipated that a significant element of your research will occur during your participation in ‘The Masters Portfolio Game’. In recognition of this and following on from the recent lecture entitled ‘Are you ready for the world of employability’, you are required to reflect on your personal development. You have already been asked to self-evaluate your employability against a number of competences developed by Rees et al. 2007 (an extract of which is reproduced below) and it is anticipated that this material is used to support this section of the coursework. Clients comments 3. on your personal development (these he will update me of something about himself) 1000 words