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Credit Research Project Guideline

Foundation Applications Trainings

Master Excel Excel based Accounting

and calculation of Ratios Basic Credit Financial Modeling Credit Assessments Credit Report Writing

The main purpose of this internship is to provide an excel based foundation on Financial Concepts used in Credit Research and prepare a rating analysis of a LIVE company. Below are the Modules on which you have to spend lot of time before you start your project.

Project Title
To prepare a Credit Model of the selected company and recommend a credit rating as per the guidelines provided

Module

Milestones

Timelines

Assignments Assign 1 - Submit Industry Word Document, Excel Templates, Graphs with sources Assign 2 - Submit Historical Ratio Analysis of your LIVE Company Model

Weightage

Online Tests Credit Research Test 1

Weightage 2

Skills Required Excel, Charts & Graphs, MS Word, Googling :-), Clarity of Thoughts, Top Down Approach

Prepare Industry Report

Day 1 - Day 10

10.0%

10.0%

Historical Ratio Analysis in Excel

Day 11 - Day 20

10.0%

Credit Research Test 2

10.0%

Professional Accounting in Excel, Analyst adjustments, navigating annual reports, quarterly reports, press releases, Industry sources and websites, Mastering Ratio Analysis in Excel Professional Credit Modeling in Excel, Learn how to build your assumptions and tally your Balance Sheet, Integrate the unstructured information in Conference Calls, Annual Reports, Press Releases, Databases Apply the Credit Rating guidelines and arrive at a suitable recommendation for your company Practice writing Professional Creidt Recomendation Reports in clear and succint way

Credit Modeling of LIVE Company

Day 21 - Day 35

Assign 3 - Submit Credit Model of your LIVE Company Model Assign 4 - Submit Credit Model of your LIVE Company Model Assign 5 - Submit final Recomendation Report of your LIVE Company

10.0%

Credit Research Test 3

10.0%

Credit Analysis of LIVE Company LIVE Company Credit Recomendation Report

Day 36 - Day 45

10.0%

Credit Research Test 4 NA

15.0%

Day 46 - Day 60

15.0%

NA

Suggested # hours ~ 160 hrs

Completion of Professional LIVE Project M5 - LIVE Company Credit Recommendations M4- Credit Analysis of LIVE Company 30 160 20

M3- Credit Modeling of LIVE Company

M2 - Historical Ratio Analysis in Excel M1 - Prepare Industry Report -40 10 40 60 30

40

110

160

Number of Hours

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General Guidelines
1. 2. Once you have chosen a project, you cannot be reallocated to a new project For each assignment you have its respective guidelines as well as templates to work on. Please do not create your new templates. Also, ensure that you have fully understood and read carefully the assignment guidelines before working on the same. The Assignment guidelines can be downloaded from the Assignment Tab from the respective Download Button. Against each assignment and online test, there is the last submission date provided. Delay in submissions or attempt of an online test invite penalties as explained in the Assessment Methodologies on the next page. Your assignments will be evaluated by Corporate Bridge Research Team and they will grade and upload your marks at the back-end. Once graded, you can view your results from the RESULTS tab. Online tests are graded tests and can be taken ONLY ONCE. Please ensure that you have gone through the respective knowledge library before attempting the test. All tests are online objective tests, however, these may require calculations. Please be ready with your calculators or Excel Sheets You can take these online tests as per your convenience. These online tests are time stamped and will close automatically after your scheduled allotted time. Please do not close your browser before FINISH the test. Your Online Tests are evaluated immediately and you can view their results in the RESULTS tab.

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Queries
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Assessment Criteria
1. 2. 3. 4. Your project on Credit Modeling should complete within two months period. Your project will be graded on the basis of your performances in Assignments and Online Tests. The project is divided into 5 Assignments & 4 Online Tests After completing each milestones, you need to submit your assignment for Assessments, Review and Feedback by the Corporate Bridge Research Team Graded certificate will be awarded only after the completion of the full project and on a score of a minimum of 45 marks If you are unable to complete the project during your tenure or your cumulative score is below 45, then you are only eligible for Participation certificate. Participation certificate doesnt imply any quality benchmarks achieved by the participant. Submitting assignments within the stipulated time is very important. Late submission automatically invites negative marks / penalty
S. No 1 2 3 4 5 Milestones Prepare Industry Report Historical Ratio Analysis in Excel Credit Modeling of LIVE Company Credit Analysis of Live Company LIVE Company Credit Recomendation Report Total Weightage 10% 10% 10% 10% 15% 55% Maximum Marks 10 10 10 10 15 55 Late Submission Penalty (after due date) -2 -2 -2 -2 -2

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Grading Methodology
Grades A+ A AB+ B BC+ C CD F Marks Scored above 90 85 - 90 80 - 85 75 - 80 70 - 75 65 - 70 60 - 65 55 - 60 50 - 55 45 - 50 FAIL Below 45

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Important Formula

8. Taking Online Tests within the stipulated time is very important. Delay in taking these tests automatically invites negative marks / penalty
Online Tests - Weightages
S. No Milestones Accounting Corporate Finance Credit Modeling Final Test on Credit Research Total Weightage 10% 10% 10% 15% 45%

Example
Maximum Marks 10 10 10 15 45 Late Submission Penalty (after due date) -2 -2 -2 -2

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