Undergraduate - UnitBFF2341 - International financial management

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Berwick First semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

Topics covered include multinational firms and globalisation; foreign direct investment; political risk; foreign exchange markets; currency derivatives (currency options and forward contracts); measuring and managing transaction exposure; cost of capital and capital structure for multinational firms; fundamentals of capital budgeting; international capital budgeting and exchange rate effects; international cash management; transfer pricing and international tax strategies.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

discuss the international financial environment and the importance of foreign exchange risk management
discuss important financial management issues and their application to financial management of multinational firms
discuss foreign exchange market mechanisms and explain how markets can be used to hedge foreign currency transaction exposure
apply capital budgeting techniques in the context of a multinational firm
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual activities dealing with international financial management and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFF2341.