International Finance

Topics include concepts, operation and terminology of foreign exchange markets; international investment decision making; sources of and approaches to dealing with foreign exchange exposure; political risk; and international funding mechanisms and decision making in multinational business organisations.

• 1Explain the method of operation and terminology of foreign exchange markets.
• 2Measure and manage foreign exchange risk exposure from the point of view of multinational corporations.
• 3Identify and describe the special problems encountered in international decision making.
• 4Conduct international capital budgeting analysis.
• 5Analyse how multinational sources of capital and country-specific risk affect the management of long-term assets and liabilities in an international context.