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-Are financial institutions that have been used by more than one country.
- WORLD BANK
• TO END EXTREME POVERTY
• TO PROMOTE SHARED PROSPERITY
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CAPITAL MARKET – SYSTEM THAT ALLOCATES FINANCIAL RESOURCES ACCORDING TO THEIR MOST EFFICIAL USES
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKET – NETWORK OF PEOPLE, FIRMS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS
BORROWING AND INVESTING INTERNATIONALLY
BORROWERS
LENDERS
- SPREAD/REDUCE RISK
- OFFSET GAINS/LOSSES
3 MAIN FORCES
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- DEREGULATION
- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
COUNTRY OR TERRITORY WHOSE FINANCIAL SECTOR FEATURES FEW REGULATIONS AND FE, IF ANY, TAXES.
1. THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE COST OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION.
2. DEREGULATION INCREASES COMPETITION, LOWERS THE COST OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, AND OPENS
NATIONAL MARKETS TO GLOBAL INVESTING AND BORROWING.
3. INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO LENDERS
AND BORROWERS.
- MARKET OF BONDS SOLD BY ISSUING COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHERS OUTSIDE THEIR OWN
COUNTRIES.
EUROBOND – BOND THAT IS ISSUED OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY IN WHOSE CURRENCY THE BOND IS DENOMINATED
FOREIGN BOND – BOND SOLD OUTSIDE A BORROWER’S COUNTRY AND DENOMINATED IN THE CURRENCY OF THE
COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SOLD
INTEREST RATES – DRIVING GROWTH ARE DIFERENTIAL INTEREST RATES BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING
NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY MARKET – MARKET OF STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD OUTSIDE THE ISSUER’S HOME COUNTRY
- PRIVATIZATION
- EMERGING MARKETS
- INVESTMENT BANKS
- ELECTRONIC MARKETS
EUROCURRENCY MARKET – UNREGULATED MARKET OF CURRENCIES BANKED OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
- GOVERNMENTS
- COMMERCIAL BANKS
- INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
- WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET – MARKET IN WHICH CURRENCIES ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD AND THEIR PRICES ARE
DETERMINED
ARBITRAGE: INSTANTANEOUS PURCHASE AND SALE OF A CURRENCY IN DIFFERENT MARKETS FOR PROFIT
SPECULATION: SEQUENTIAL PURCHASE AND SALE (OR VICE-VERSA) OF A CURRENCY FOR PROFIT
QUOTING CURRENCIES
- EXCHANGE RATE RISK IS OMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CAN JEOPARDIZE PROFITS FROM CURRENT AND FUTURE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS
24 HOUR TRADING
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- CENTRAL BANK/BSP
BANK INSTITUTIONS
Role of International Financial Institution known as (IFIS) ............................................................................ 1
Financial Institutions of the Philippine .......................................................................................................... 8
1. COMMERCIAL BANKS
: ACCEPTS DEPOSITS, OFFERS CHECKING ACCOUNT SERVICES, MAKES VARIOUS LOANDS, AND OFFERS BASIC FINANCIAL
PRODUCTS LIKE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT (CDs) AND SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
: MAKE MONEY BY PROVIDING LOANS AND EARNING INTEREST INCOME FROM THOSE LOANS. THE TYPES OF LOANS A
COMMERCIAL BANK CAN ISSUE VARY AND MAY INCLUDE MORTGAGES, AUTO LOANS, BUSINESS LOANS, AND PERSONAL
LOANS.
3 SERVICES:
• WHOLSALE BANKING – INVOLVES BORROWING AND LENDING MONEY ON A VERY LARGE SCALE. IT INCLUDE
PENSION FUNDS, GIANT COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
• RETAIL BANKING – SERVICES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE BUSINESSES. IT FOCUSES
ON LOOKING AFTER CUSTOMERS’ MONEY AS WELL AS OFFERING LOANS AND MORTGAGES
• INVESTMENT BANKING - FOCUS ON SERVICES FOR MAJOR INVESTORS AND COMPANIES. THEY SPECIALIZE, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN THE INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS OD PENSION FUNDS
- GOVERNMENT BANKING INSTITUTIONS