AFW3331 - International banking and finance

Leader: Chief Examiner: Dr Victor Fang; Malaysia: Dr Bala Shanmugam

Offered

Malaysia First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

The international monetary system, debt and country risk, the foreign exchange market, international financing strategies and techniques, the Euro-markets, and multinational banking.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• explain the parity principles and the concept of arbitrage in international financial markets;
• explain how currency derivative contracts such as forwards, futures, options and swaps can be used to hedge in the foreign exchange markets;
• apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with international banking and finance.

Assessment

Assignment: 30%
class test: 10%
Examination (3 hours): 60%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

AFW2401

Prohibitions

AFF3331, AFX3871