16MBAFM404 International Financial Management syllabus for MBA

International financial Environment- The Importance, rewards & risk of international finance- Goals of MNC- International Business methods – Exposure to international risk- International Monetary system- Multilateral financial institution

International flow of funds and International Monetary system:- International Flow of Funds: Balance of Payments (BoP), Fundamentals of BoP, Accounting components of BOP, Factors affecting International Trade and capital flows, Agencies that facilitate International flows. BOP, Equilibrium & Disequilibrium. Trade deficits. Capital account convertibility (problems on BOP) International Monetary System: Evolution, Gold Standard, Bretton Woods system, the flexible exchange rate regime, the current exchange rate arrangements, the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

Foreign Exchange Market: Function and Structure of the Forex markets, Foreign exchange market participants, Types of transactions and Settlements Dates, Exchange rate quotations, Nominal, Real and Effective exchange rates, Determination of Exchange rates in Spot markets. Exchange rates determinations in Forward markets. Exchange rate behaviour-Cross Rates- - Arbitrage profit in foreign exchange markets, Swift Mechanism. Triangular and locational arbitrage.

International Financial Markets and Instruments: - Foreign Portfolio Investment. International Bond & Equity market. GDR, ADR, Cross listing of shares Global registered shares. International Financial Instruments: Foreign Bonds & Eurobonds, Global Bonds. Floating rate Notes, Zero coupon Bonds, International Money Markets International Banking services –Correspondent Bank, Representative offices, Foreign Branches. Forward Rate Agreements

International Parity Relationships & Forecasting Foreign Exchange rate: - Measuring exchange rate movements-Exchange rate equilibrium – Factors effecting foreign exchange rate- Forecasting foreign exchange rates .Interest Rate Parity, Purchasing Power Parity & International Fisher effect. Covered Interest Arbitrage

Foreign Exchange exposure: - Management of Transaction exposure- Management of Translation exposure- Management of Economic exposure- Management of political Exposure- Management of Interest rate exposure.

Foreign exchange risk Management: Hedging against foreign exchange exposure – Forward Market- Futures Market- Options Market- Currency Swaps-Interest Rate Swap-Hedging through currency of invoicing- Hedging through mixed currency invoicing –Country risk analysis. 

(Question Paper: 50% Theory and 50% Problems)

Practical Component: 

• Students can study the Balance of Payment statistics of India for the last five year and present the same in the class.

• Students can carry out a survey of Exporters and report the foreign exchange risk management practices adopted by them.

• Students can study the impact of exchange rate movement on the stock Index.

• Students can visit a bank and study the foreign exchange derivatives offered by them.