FMC Course Work April 2015

UOS Financial Management & Control Individual Assignment 1

UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND
LEVEL
MODULE:
ASSIGNMENT CODE:
TUTOR:
DUE DATE:

M
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & CONTROL
PGBM01
As per the schedule (April 2015)

Assessment weight:

100% of module

Outcomes Assessed:

All module learning outcomes, knowledge and skills, are assessed in this assignment.

This assessment is in three parts, please answer all elements.
Please note that this is an individual assignment and the policy of the University on “Policy on Cheating, Collusion and Plagiarism” applies.
Please write your Tutor’s name clearly on the front of the assignment.

UOS Financial Management & Control Individual Assignment 2

PART A (40%)

SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDING 2
You are an investment analyst at DBS Vickers Securities. Today, one of your clients,
Johnson Smith, asks you to comment on Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH)’s recent financial performance, and advise him whether it is a good time to buy ordinary shares of
Singapore Press Holdings.
Singapore Press Holdings Limited is a media organization. The principal activities of the
Company includes publishing, printing and distributing newspapers, distributing magazines and books, providing multimedia content and services, holding shares in subsidiaries, holding investments, and providing management services to subsidiaries.
Required:
To meet your client’s request, you are required download the financial statements contained in the latest annual report of SPH, and prepare a report to evaluate the performance of
SPH in relation to profitability, liquidity, gearing, asset utilization, and stock market performance. Your report must be supported by calculation of relevant ratios in the
FIVE evaluation areas mentioned above.
All ratio definitions and supportive calculations should be clearly shown.
Total for part A: (8 marks per part * 5 parts = 40%)

UOS Financial Management & Control Individual Assignment 3

PART B (30%)
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