a) Provide a detailed evaluation of an equity investment decision in the current economic climate.
Your briefing should include:
i) A review of the 'top-down' analysis that led to the focus on a particular company. The reasons for considering particular economies, industries and companies from within those industries should be provided.
ii) A fully explained / justified calculation of the current intrinsic value of the company - established using at least one DCF technique and one relative valuation technique (all figures employed including growth projections to be explained / justified and performance comparisons within industries and / or between countries explained. N.B. illustrative examples used in the lectures / workshops should not be used).
iii) As the methods employed in ii) above are likely to result in different valuations, you are required to provide an academic justification of the valuation method(s) you will rely upon.