Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2019, 2(7); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2019.020706.
Mengying Yang
Department of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
This report gives an evaluation of the FY 2018 annual report of Lendlease Corporations Ltd (LLC), provides questionable numbers and summarizes the press discussion of the company’s recent performance. Methods of analysis include horizontal and vertical analyses as well as the evaluation of press discussions. The examples have been attached in Appendix. Results of data analyzed show that the disclosures in LLC’s report are meet the requirements of AASB. However, the report finds the questionable numbers still could be found in revenue and intangible assets, LLC didn’t impair any asset in FY 2018. Also, the poor performance in their engineering and services business didn’t included in the annual report.
Lendlease Corporations Ltd (LLC), horizontal and vertical analyses, press discussions
Mengying Yang. Financial Reporting and Analysis Syndicate Case-Study-Lendlease Corporations Ltd (LLC). Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2019) Vol. 2, Issue 7: 41-49. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2019.020706.
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