Essay on FinTech Markets and Stock Indexes

700848 Financial Markets

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Questions:

You are reporting to a UK based Hedge fund who is considering investing £1 billion for five years, into two markets. The CEO has requested that you provide answers to the following key questions.

Instructions

1) You have been assigned the task of writing an essay that will explain to the top management team assigned to this project, the following:

a. What is FinTech. (10 marks).
b. What do FinTech companies do and what has been the criticism (if any) of their activities? (20 marks).
c. Discuss using no more than 600 words and no less than 300 words.

2) Choose one FinTech market.

a. From the following list of countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey.

b. Choose also one FinTech market from the following list of countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK and US.

c. Describe the conditions of your chosen FinTech markets. Discuss using no more than 900 words and no less than 500 words. (20 marks)

3) You should download five years of monthly closing prices for your chosen markets; stock market indexes Ending On Your Most Recent Birthday . The data could be obtained from Bloomberg, FAME or any other database given that you cite the database you have used. 1 Explain the choice of your benchmark indexes (10 marks)

4) Explain which index you think outperformed the other during the selected time period and why (10 marks)

5) You should download five years of monthly closing prices for the relevant market risk-free rates. Discuss the choice of your risk free rates. (15 marks) 1 Bloomberg is available on 12 PCs in Derwent Bloomberg Suite 021 on the ground floor. The Bloomberg PCs have a multi-coloured Bloomberg keyboard, and each computer has two screens.

6) Briefly discuss the recent macroeconomic performance of your chosen countries, using no more than 400 words. (15 marks)

7) Evaluate your results. Produce a report explaining your workings and findings; based on what you have learned in this module explain and discuss in detail. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answers.

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