BBF3104 Offshore Banking and Finance

Trimester 2, 2020/2021

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 2 (alternative to Final Examination)

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENT:
1. This Assignment 2 as alternative to Final Examination and contributes 50% to the
subject total marks.
2. Refer to the Instructions below in preparing your report - Maximum 30 pages, excluding
preliminary pages and appendices.
3. Save your report file name as: (student ID)_(student name)_BBF3104_Assignment 2
4. Please convert to PDF before submitting.
5. The deadline of the Assignment is on WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2021. Submit
ONLINE (via MMLS) in PDF format.

Title of the Assignment:

COMPARISON BETWEEN OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE BANKING
SYSTEMS

Assignment Instructions:
You are required:
1. Select an offshore financial centre and an onshore/domestic financial system; e.g.
Labuan IBFC and Malaysian domestic financial system. Only focus on the banking
system.
2. Write a report on the banking system in offshore and onshore environment.
3. Make comparison between the offshore and onshore banking system.
Note: your focus should be on the systems and not the individual banks.

Report format and contents:

Your report should be in the following formats and contents:

1. Introduction
2. Regulation and licencing
3. Supervision system
4. Services provided or offered
5. Conclusion: Discussion on similarities and differences between offshore and onshore
banking systems.

Source for references:

Select from ANY ONE of the offshore financial centre banking systems and ANY ONE of
the onshore or domestic banking systems; not necessary from Malaysian and Labuan IBFC
banking systems.
Note: your focus should be on the systems and not the individual banks.
Note:
If you are found to copy or having the same sentence construction format you may be viewed
to conduct academic dishonesty. Disciplinary action may be taken against you and you may
be panelised which may include you will fail this subject and you may be suspended.

Plagiarism:
• Plagiarism is a serious offence.
• Plagiarism include the following behaviours (but not limited to):
o copy another student’s or group’s work,
o fail to properly cite other people’s work or give proper credit to the original source,
o hire or ask another individual to complete the assignment for you,
o copy too many words or ideas from one or two sources, that makes up a significant
portion of your work, even with proper citation.
• The lecturer has the rights not to accept submission of plagiarised or duplicated work.

Marking scheme:

Marks distributions
Content Mark
1. Introduction 5
2. Regulation and licencing 15
3. Supervision 15
4. Services provided or offered 15
5. Conclusion: Discussion on
similarities and differences
40
between offshore and onshore
banking systems.
References & writing 10
Total Marks 100
 BBF3104 OFFSHORE BANKING AND
FINANCE
Trimester 2, 2020/2021

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 2
(alternative to Final Examination)

COMPARISON BETWEEN OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE BANKING

SYSTEMS

Submission date: WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2021

Lecturer: MD SHUKOR MASUOD

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