Assessment Task 2: Individual Research Report  Overview You are required to write a two-part report that responds to questions posed in 2 individual

Assessment Task 2: Individual Research Report  Overview You are required to write a two-part report that responds to questions posed in 2 individual case studies that apply knowledge and skills to key themes that have been introduced through the lectures, readings and workshops. The purpose of this assessment is for you to understand the dynamics of key issues impacting on a particular segment of the money and debt markets, provide a prognosis of the likely direction for this issue into the future and provide a solution to this problem.  Learning Outcomes This assessment is relevant to the following course learning outcomes: CLO1: Explore and evaluate various fixed income securities and their respective markets CLO2: Apply finance theories and tools to value different types of fixed income and money market securities. CLO3: Analyse the impact of monetary policy on debt markets and conduct credit risk analysis. CLO4: Develop practical risk management techniques. Assessment details The report is to be written for the Manager of the financial institution where you have recently been employed as a graduate trainee. The Manager has asked you to prepare two short reports on issues that affect the day-to-day operation of the business and require the business to understand the impact of these issues. The response to the case study may include peer-reviewed academic, and non-academic articles and financial institutions’ publications and research. The following structure is required for each case study for your report: Statement of problem or issue Interpretation and critical analysis Results of the research/recommendations Reference list The following specific questions will need to be addressed in each case study Case Study 1: Monetary policy What are the objectives of monetary policy in Australia? How does the Reserve Bank of Australia deliver changes in monetary policy? What indicators does the Reserve bank use to make policy decisions about the setting of monetary policy? Recommendation: What is the future direction for monetary policy? Case Study 2: Credit Ratings Agencies (CRA) What issues emerged for the CRA’s during the Global Financial Crisis? What are conflicts of interest, when might these conflicts of interest arise for CRA’s and how might they mitigate these risks? Discuss the effectiveness of the mitigants. Recommendation: What role could regulators play in the future in addressing conflicts of interest for CRA’s? Note: The main guidance for the assignment comes from topics and themes in the lectures, readings and workshops. Students will gain insights into completing this assignment by attending all workshops. Use of tables and figures is encouraged. When using tables and figures remember to label them and reference and discuss their content in the text. Detailed analysis can be contained in tables and appendices in preference to the main text.