You are required to source for a firm that is in the shadow banking sector and analyse its financial statements and annual report. There is no need to choose a Chinese organisation or even to reference the Sharma article provided.

For Part B, The point is to understand the numbers underlying the operation of a financial institution. Where do they get their funding, who are their customers, how efficient do they need to be to make a profit? The sort of questions that any business has to answer, but financial institutions do have characteristics of their own.

UC have made allusion to supporting arguments with references, and this also includes data of a financial nature. His belief is that you cannot make any meaningful analysis of a financial institution without looking at the financial data. It is perfectly reasonable to extract one division or aspect of a firm’s business for analysis but the financials must be considered.