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421 – INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – Syllabus & Question Bank

Unit – I: Introduction to International Financial management: Domestic vs international finance,


International financial market integration, currency crisis, and global recession and risk spill over.

1. Define IFM. Differentiate domestic and international finance environments.


2. What is international financial market integration?
3. Define global recession.

Unit – II: Balance of Payments - Structure - Contents of Current, Capital, and Reserve Accounts. Linkages
and Impact on Exchange Rates, Capital Markets & Economy. Understanding BOP structure of a country
for Investment and Raising Finance. Foreign Currency – Options, Futures, Forwards, Swaps.

1. What balance of payment? Explain the contents of BOP.


2. Define foreign currency. Explain the features of Options/Futures/Forwards/Swaps

Unit – III: Foreign Exchange Markets: Nature, Functions, Transactions, Participants, Forex Markets in
India, Forex dealing, Foreign exchange regimes, Foreign exchange rate determination, factors affecting
foreign exchange and Foreign Exchange Rate Mathematics. Foreign Exchange Exposure: Risk,
Measurement and Management. Global Firms Foreign exchange exposure - Transaction, economic, and
translation exposures, potential currency exposure impact on global firms and investor performance.
Foreign exchange risk management strategies through Forward contracts, future contracts, money market
hedges, and options contracts.

1. Define forex market nature and its functions.


2. What is Foreign exchange exposure? Explain any one exposure (Transaction, economic, and translation)
3. Define Foreign Exchange Risk Management.

Unit – IV: Fundamental Parity Relationships and Exchange Rate Forecasting– Purchasing Power Parity,
Covered and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity, International Fisher's Effect, Forward Rate Parity. Influence
of these parity relationships on Exchange Rates. Methods of Forecasting foreign exchange rates and
foreign exchange volatility.

1. Define parity. Explain about Purchasing Power Parity or Fisher’s Effect.


2. Write a note on how Forecasting foreign exchange rates and foreign exchange volatility.

Unit – V: International Capital Markets - Sources of International Finance, Debt and Equity Markets,
International Equity Diversification. Short-term Vs Long-term Finance. Export Import Finance. ADRs,
GDRs, IDRs - benefits and costs of holdings for investors, benefits and costs of issuance for
corporations. International Capital Structure – Parent Vs Subsidiary Norms. Global Capital Structure –
Factors affecting the choice of markets and structure. International Cost of Capital – Calculation, Cost of
Foreign Debt, Cost of Foreign Equity, Use of International CAPM. RBI Guidelines.

1. Define International Capital Markets and its components like, sources of international finance, debt and
equity markets.
2. Define what is depository receipts? Differentiate ADRs and GDRs.
3. Define International Capital Structure. What are the factors affecting capital structure and its guidelines
given by RBI?
4. Define international cost of capital and its concepts.

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