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Finding company information . Ngee Ann Polytechnic Library . Group project – Fundamentals of Financial Management . Nature of business - Company information (Local information) . Company business operations - Financial statements. Industry outlook - Industry information .
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Finding company information Ngee Ann Polytechnic Library
Group project – Fundamentals of Financial Management Nature of business - Company information (Local information) Company business operations - Financial statements Industry outlook - Industry information Macro environment - Newspaper clippings
Objectiveof Research Skills To teach fundamental search skills that will help you to retrieve the necessary information and materials needed for assignments and project work
Information Sources Select Sources Find resources in the Library using OPAC Data/Articles from electronic databases
Accessing the Singapore Financials database Find out the names of the companies by clicking on this link. Click on the link to access the database
Q 1: Name of a company • Choose one company from the list in Singapore Financials Direct. What is the name of the company? • ____________________________
Finding company information Click on the title of the company
Q 2: Nature of business for the company • What is the nature of business of the company that you have selected? • ____________________________
Find company information URL : http://www.sgx.com/wps/portal/sgxweb/home/company_disclosure
Q 3: Balance sheet • What is the latest total assets and liabilities of the company that you have selected? • ____________________________
Finding financial information- Income statement
Q 4: Income statement • What is the latest gross profit of the company that you have selected? • ____________________________
Q 5: Financial ratios • What is the latest gross profit margin (%) of the company that you have selected? • ____________________________
Q 6: Detailed Financials – Balance sheet statement • What is the latest total equities and liabilities of the company that you have selected? • ____________________________
Detailed Financials - Statement by Directors Statement of changes in Equity
Q 7: Factiva – Industry news • Find the industry news of the company that you have selected. E.g. Retail etc. • What is the title of ONE newspaper article that you have selected? • ________________________________________________________
Q 8: Factiva – company news • Find the news of the company that you have selected. • What is the title of ONE newspaper article that you have selected? • ______________________________________________________
Q 9 & Q10: Cite the TWO newspaper articles that you have chosen in Q7 and Q8 Citation 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Citation 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________