A critical ananlisis of the use of financial report in assessing bank performance. (a case study union bank of nigeria plc)

A CRITICAL ANANLISIS OF THE USE OF FINANCIAL REPORT IN ASSESSING BANK PERFORMANCE. (A CASE STUDY UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC)

 

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine banks, on investments and performance appraisal. It was also to ascertain the problems of using financial reports to access performance of banks and finally to determine 17 there’s a relationship between financial reporting and performance evaluation of a bank. Financial report

The inductive research method was adopted and the statistical analysts, particularly the chi-square and t-distribution test were used in the analysis of the data collected from the bank. Financial report

The findings of the study were that:

1.Source financial statement contained in the financial reports influence investment remarkably in banks.

2.The annual reports do not reflect inflationary effects in the country today. Financial report

3.The financial reports were prepared adapting a general purpose nature with the assumption that different user as of the report have different information needs. Financial report

The following conclusions were made:

Although investors and performance evaluation analyst relied on financial statement in their decisions and appraisal, the reliability of financial report especially during inflation cannot be assured owing to the historical cost convention used as a basis for asset valuation by banks. This is because; the profits of an accounting year would not usually show a true figure owing to the courage effect of inflation. Therefore, managerial decision of banks based entirely on financial reports will lend to poor and inadequate decisions.

 

The recommendations and suggesting made were base wholly on the out come of the study, for example, on the problem inflation, it was recommended that the bank should adopt the current cost accounting basis for its financial reporting ensure credibility and reliability of information, by the various users, given the inflationary relatives.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

 

TITLE PAGE

APPROVAL PAGE

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

DEFINITION OF TERMS

 

 

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL REPORTS

THE COMPOSITION OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS

THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORTS

THE DIRECTORS REPORT

THE AUDITORS REPORT

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

2.4     VARIOUS USERS OF FINANCIAL REPORTS AND THEIR INFORMATION NEEDS

2.4.1SHAREHOLDERS

2.4.2LONG-TERM CREDITORS

2.4.3SHORT-TERM CREDITORS

2.4.4TAX AUTHORITIES AND GOVERNMENT

2.4.5EMPLOYEES AND TRADE UNIONS

2.4.6MANAGEMENT

2.4.7ANALYSISADVISES

2.5    FINANCIAL REPORTING BY BANKS

2.5.1INTRODUCTION

2.5.2THE PRUDENTIAL GUIDELINES

2.6    PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY

2.6.1EFFICIENCY AND PROFITABILITY

2.6.2POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL GROWTH

2.6.3LOANS AND ADVANCES

 

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN

SOURCES OF DATA

3.2.1 PRIMARY SOURCES

3.2.2 SECONDARY SOURCES

3.3  POPULATION OF THE STUDY

3.4 METHOD OF DATA PRESENTATION

3.5 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS

 

 

CHAPTER FOUR

 

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

TEST OF HYPOTHESIS

 

CHAPTER FIVE

FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS ANS CONCLUSIONS FINDINGS

RECOMMENDATIONS

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

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