1. Analyse the behaviour of any three significant items in the income statement for the  period of six years. Discuss whether your organization's performance relating to these  items appears to be improving, deteriorating, or remaining stable over this period.  Explain why you selected those items and what you recognize as the most relevant  strategic reasons for the trend/s that you have recognized. Justify your answer. 
2. Analyse the behaviour of any three significant items in the balance sheet for the period  of six years. Discuss whether your organization's performance relating to these items  appears to be improving, deteriorating, or remaining stable over this period. Explain why  you selected those items and what you recognize as the most relevant strategic reasons for  the trend/s that you have recognized. Justify your answer. 
3. Analyse cash flow statements of the last six years and explain any three major  changes which have occurred in relation to investing, financing and/or operating  activities of the business. Justify your answer. 
4. Calculate two relevant ratios under the four chosen ratio categories (profitability,  leverage, solvency, operational efficiency or market ratios) for the period of six years.  Give conclusions for your ratio analyses based on the figures you have derived.
5. Identify any two items not included in (or derived from) the financial statements that  you think would be important to someone considering whether the organization is  performing well. Discuss your reasons for believing that these two items about the  company would be important in making an investment decision. 

Introduction:

Established in 1969 Macquarie Group Limited (MGL) is a well-renowned financial service provider with operations in 28 countries employing over 14,300 people and assets worth AUD196.8 billion (MGL, 2016, p. 6).  It is listed in the ASX as MQG and falls under the supervision banking regulatory agencies. This report analyses MGL's financial performance of the over the last six years based on the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and ratio analysis.

2. Analysis of the Income Statement

MGL's operating revenue as of March 31st 2016, indicates that it has earned a total revenue of AUD9.37 billion as against the operating expenses of AUD7.58 billion (Appendix A). It earned a net profit of AUD2.09 billion during this reporting period (MGL, 2016, p. 103). Three significant components considered for this analysis are MGL's revenue, operating expenses and net profit (MorningStar, 2017, p. para 3).

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