Critically discuss two recent developments in the international financial environment which appear to have impacted on your chosen company’s recent performance and development.

International Finance.

Choose a Multinational Enterprise (MNE) listed on an internationally recognized Stock Exchange (including for example, London, Dublin, New York or Paris) and avoid Banks and Insurance companies.

With selected company you are required to:

a. Critically discuss two recent developments in the international financial environment which appear to have impacted on your chosen company’s recent performance and development.

Analyze how these two developments are likely to impact on the company in the near future.

b. Discuss the following key elements of the MNE’s international financial and/or risk management strategy (and how they appear to have affected the financial performance of your chosen company):

• Sources of finance

• Dividend policy

c. With reference to your chosen Multinational Enterprise (and using the most recent annual report published), analyze the financial performance (in terms of profitability, liquidity, efficiency and investment) of the company in the two most recent consecutive financial periods using 8 different accounting ratios (prior year comparative figures will be available in the annual report).