• Group Assignment

You are an accountant at Yves Group
Accountants &
Investment Advisers. You have been approached by a group of investors for your professional advice on investing in Woolworths Ltd. Your client is a strong believer in
Socially Responsible Investing. That would mean adopting an investment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return and social good.

Required:

Go to:

http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/annualreport/2013/

http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/CRReport/2013/downloads/Woolworths_Limited_Corporate_Responsibility_Report_2013.pdf

You +1’d this publicly.Undo

and access the company’s annual report and corporate responsibility report for 2013.

Prepare a report for your client. Your report should include:

  1. A description of the core business of the company including full details of its operating activities.
  2. A discussion on any significant issues emerging from the Chairman’s Report.
  3. A discussion on any significant issues emerging from the Managing Director’s Report.
  4. A discussion on company’s Corporate Governance Statement.
  5. A calculation of the key financial ratios for 2013.
  6. An overall assessment of the company and your recommendation on investing in the company.
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BUACC5930 Accounting Concepts and Practices Semester 1, 2014 Group Assignment You are an accountant at Yves Group Accountants & Investment Advisers. You have been approached by a group of investors for your professional advice on investing in Woolworths Ltd. Your client is a strong believer in Socially Responsible Investing. That would mean adopting an ? HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment” o “Investment” ?investment? ? HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy” o “Strategy” ?strategy? which seeks to consider both ? HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_return” o “Financial return” ?financial return? and ? HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_good” o “Social good” ?social good?. Required: Go to: ? HYPERLINK “http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/annualreport/2013/” ?http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/annualreport/2013/? ? HYPERLINK “http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/CRReport/2013/downloads/Woolworths_Limited_Corporate_Responsibility_Report_2013.pdf” ?http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/CRReport/2013/downloads/Woolworths_Limited_Corporate_Responsibility_Report_2013.pdf? You +1’d this publicly. ? HYPERLINK “http://www.google.com.au/search?q=woolworths&rls=com.microsoft:en-au&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7ADFA_enAU443&redir_esc=&ei=jniGT6H0FcGZiAfe3eTGBw” ?Undo? and access the company’s annual report and corporate responsibility report for 2013. Prepare a report for your client. Your report should include: A description of the core business of the company including full details of its operating activities. A discussion on any significant issues emerging from the Chairman’s Report. A discussion on any significant issues emerging from the Managing Director’s Report. A discussion on company’s Corporate Governance Statement. A calculation of the key financial ratios for 2013. An overall assessment of the company and your recommendation on investing in the company. In making an overall…

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