| Course ID: | FINA 7810. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | International Financial Management |
Course
Description: | International business decision making with an emphasis on the relationship between decisions and markets. The determinants of exchange rates, hedged costs of funds, transaction and economic exposure management, capital budgeting, corporate strategy, and swaps. The course makes extensive use of cases. |
| Oasis Title: | INTERNATL FIN MGMT |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FINA 8810 |
| Prerequisite: | FINA 7010 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | An exploration of fundamental topics in international finance
with a focus on financial decision making. After a brief review
of the determinants of exchange rates and the international
economic environment, the class focuses in detail on hedging,
international capital acquisition, economic exposure management,
capital budgeting, and financial strategy. The goal of the course
is to provide students with sufficient exposure to the theories,
institutional details and practical applications of international
finance that students will be able to evaluate situations and
arrive at optimal decisions. |
| Topical Outline: | 1-Foreign Exchange Markets
2-Arbitrage and Speculation
3-Hedged Cost of Funds
4-Purchasing Power Parity
5-Balance of Payments and Macroeconomics
6-Monetary Systems
7-Global Financial Management
8-Foreign Direct Investment
9-International Capital Budgeting |