• 2000 words (use graphs, diagrams, pictures, tables, in report).
• Times New Roman, Font size: 12, Spacing: 1.15
• Reference list: Harvard Referencing Style
• Company: Insurance: (1) SYARIKAT TAKAFUL MALAYSIA KELUARGA BERHAD (2) MANULIFE HOLDINGS BERHAD
  In this report, the 2 selected company (Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad and Manulife Holdings Berhad) will be compared and contrasted.
  Required to:

1. Evaluate the Return and Risk Profile for each company and examine the sources of risk. Investigate how systematic risk factors are taken into account in the company. Compare and critically analyse your findings across companies and make recommendation.
2. Analyse the Capital Structure for each company. Estimate the Cost of Debt and Cost of Equity for each company. Calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital for each company. Compare and critically analyse your findings across companies and make recommendations.
3. Payout Policy .Report on what the payout policy has been for each company over the past 3 years. Critically analyse the payout policy adopted by each company and make recommendations. Compare and critically analyse your findings across companies. Please support your analysis with relevant theories.

Essentially, what you are expected to do is an in-dept financial analysis of real live companies using data sources such as London Stock Exchange website, Bloomberg, Annual Reports, Yahoo Finance, etc.

Structure of the report:

1. Introduction – Aim: To assess the relative performance of the 2 companies
2. Companies Overview (Describe companies and their sector)
3. Return and Risk Profile (What are the risks they face? each company and examine the sources of risk. Investigate how systematic risk factors are taken into account in the company. Compare and critically analyze your findings across companies and make recommendation)
4. Company Cost of Capital ( Estimate the Cost of Debt and Cost of Equity for each company. Calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital for each company. Compare and critically analyze your findings across companies and make recommendations ).
5. Share price performance (usually 5 years, compare return & index)
6. Companies past, present and recent (Recent projects & investment, and past project performance)
7. Payout policy (dividends, share repurchase and retention)
8. Capital Structure (gearing level)
9. Conclusion (Verdict, how have they performed?)
10. Reference
11. Appendix