AFX3331

International banking and finance

Mr Terry Boulter

6 points
* 3 hours per week
* First, second semester (Caulfield)
* First semester (Distance)
* Prerequisite: AFX2341 or AFF2401

Objectives On completion of this subject students will be required to demonstrate an understanding of financing techniques; structure of international financial markets; how foreign exchange markets operate; techniques and statistics; characteristics of international banking; and have familiarity with contemporary issues in international banking and finance.

Synopsis The international monetary system, debt and country risk, the foreign exchange market, international financing strategies and techniques, the Euromarkets, and multinational banking.

Assessment Assignments: 40% (minor: 10%; major: 30%)
* Examination (3 hours): 60%

Prescribed texts

Levi D Maurice International finance 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1996