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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - MODULE 7

International
Financial
Management
Exploring Financial Management Across Borders

LAGRIMAS. NGUYEN. SOLIS

 Why do we need to tackle financial
management across borders?

Our economy is not dependent on

Introduction
activities within the country alone.
We interact with other nations,
specifically currencies, resulting in
populated industries.
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Overview
International Financial Management
Introduction of the Topic A: Global Financial
Markets
6.1 In-depth Discussion of Topic A

Introduction of the Topic B: Exchange Rates & Risk

Management
7.1 In-depth Discussion of Topic B

Introduction of the Topic C: International Capital

Budgeting
8.1 In-depth Discussion of Topic C

Combining All Sub-Topics

Importance to the Course
Relevance to Accountancy Students
Conclusion
Multiple-Choice Quiz
 International
Financial
Management

The concept of international financial management describes how financial

decisions, actions, and plans are managed on an international level. It entails
managing cross-border financial activities and investments while taking into
various factors including exchange rates, regulations governing international
trade, geopolitical concerns, and variations in culture.

Main Goals of International Financial Management:

Ensuring an uninterrupted supply of funds for the business

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Optimum utilization to generate the highest possible
returns for the business.
 Financial markets refer
broadly to any marketplace
where securities trading

Global occurs, including the stock

market, bond market, forex

Financial
market, and derivatives market.

Markets
Global financial markets
encompass the entire
worldwide system where
financial assets are traded
across borders.
TYPES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS

About it...
Financial markets can be
categorized into various types,
each serving distinct purposes and
participants.

These markets provide platforms

for buying and selling financial
assets
in a general manner
financial markets can be broken down into...

The money market is

The OTC marketplace
Capital markets refer an organized exchange
is an alternative for
to the venues where market where
small companies or
funds are exchanged participants can lend
those who do not want
between suppliers and and borrow short-
to list or cannot list on
those who seek capital term, high-quality debt
the standard
for their own use securities with average
exchanges.
maturities of one year
or less.
 Current events have the potential to affect
investor sentiment, economic outlook, and

Factors in
market conditions worldwide.

Global these events include:

Financial Technological changes

Markets
Inflation or deflation
Economic indicators
Natural calamities
Non-resolution doubts
Wars or other conflicts
starting with...

CURRENT EVENTS
 INTERNATIONAL
TRANSACTIONS

These involve transactions such as

the exchange of goods, services, and
financial assets between countries,
which highly impact various aspects
of the global economy SPECULATIONS &
EXPECTATIONS

Consumers, investors, and politicians

all hold different views about where
they think the economy will go in the
future, and that affects how they act
today.
 SUPPLY & DEMAND

Supply and demand for products,

services, currencies, and other GOVERNMENT
investments create a push-pull
dynamic in prices
The government holds much sway
over the free markets. The fiscal and
monetary policies that governments
LEGAL & REGULATORY and central banks put in place
FACTORS profoundly affect the financial
marketplace.

Legal and regulatory barriers can

impact a company's ability to operate
in a foreign market.
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 In the context of
International Financial
Management...

Exchange Rates Exchange rates directly

impact the financial
& performance of businesses

Risk Management
operating internationally.

Effective risk management

strategies become essential
to navigating the
uncertainties arising from
exchange rate fluctuations.
 What is an
exchange It is influenced by
factors such as
rate? economic activity,
prevailing market
Exchange Rate This refers to the interest rates, and
value in which a the GDP, in both
currency is expressed respective countries.
in another currency or
how much of a currency
is in exchange for
another currency.

Currencies?
What about it?
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there are two classifications of currency...

Domestic Currency Foreign Currency

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IMPORTS VS EXPORTS
these are the goods and these are the goods and
services that a country buys services produced
from other countries domestically and sold to
other countries.
 EXPORTS

IMPORTS
Determinants
of Exchange
Rates
 Inflation

Government Interest Rates

Policies
factors that
affects the
exchange rate
Public Debt
movements... Trade Deficits

Political Stability &

Economic Performance
 1 floating vs.
Exchange Free-floating
managed,
Rate exchange rates identified!
Systems
2

Managed float
exchange rates

PURPOSE: 3

To establish rules and

Fixed exchange
mechanisms for determining
rates
the value of one currency
relative to another.
 1

Transactional Exchange
Risk Rate Risks
2

Economic Risk

SIGNIFICANCE:
3
Understanding this allows for
better financial planning and
Translational management, helping to
Risk ensure stability and
profitability in an increasingly
globalized economy
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 Budgeting is the process of
NEXT TOPIC allocating particular resources
towards efficiency. We usually do
this unconsciously in managing our
weekly allowance as students.

International Capital budgeting is the

process of determining or
Capital evaluating the potential of major
projects held
Budgeting
International Capital Budgeting
tackles creativity towards
searching for business
opportunities, economic analyses,
and doing generations of forecasts
-- Internationally.
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However...
More factors are being considered in an international view of this concept. This revolves around
special nature of foreign or international capital budgeting.
Think of it
this way...
Inputs
Initial Price & Exchange
Investment Consumer Rates
Demand

Risk & Return Tax Laws,

Assessment Government
Policies &
Laws
Techniques
in Capital
Budgeting
 If NPV > 0, ACCEPT.
If NPV < 0, DECLINE.
Net Present
A technique that considers the
Value 1
Time Value of Money as it
deducts the cash outflows
from its inflows. SITUATIONAL!

Analyzes an investment or a
project’s profitability and
2
tackles the specified figures’
present value.
Formula:

Cash Flows/ (1 - Discount

Rate)^Number of Period
Less: Initial Investment
3
= Net Present Value
A positive NPV must be chosen
in pursiuit of a project. A
negative NPV is bound to
incur losses if pursued.
 Jolly Be Inc. wants to invest in a particular project amounting to
P2,500,000. The project has an initial investment of P500,000 for the 3
years. Jolly Be. desires to know their company’s Net Present Value with
the given investment as they are also expecting a rate of 7% for its
return.

→ P2,500,000/ (1 - 0.0 7or 7%)^3 - P500,000

= P1,685,596.75
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The shorter the Payback
Period is, the better. Formula:
(but it may not always be the case)
Payback Cost of Investment / Average
Annual Cash Flow
Period = Payback Period
Number of years when
investment is returned or the
1
time where the investment/
project reaches its breakeven.

ESVEE

Payback period targets liquidity

2 more than the project’s
profitability.
SITUATIONAL!

Computed by dividing the Net

Investment by Cash Flow After-
3 Tax if the cash flows are even. But
if it is uneven, the Payback Period
is computed manually.
 Esvee Food & Beverages wants to know which of the advertising projects pitched to them is
worth the investment. Accordingly, the first project costs P300,000 and its potential earnings
annually are around P75,000. Using the formula above, we’ll have 4 years as its payback period.

On the other hand, the second project is set to earn P65,000 per year but costs less amounting
to P230,000. From the formula given, its payback period is 3.54 years.
 If IRR > Discount Rate > 0, ACCEPT.
If IRR < Discount Rate < 0, DECLINE.
Internal
Rate of
1
Estimates profitability unlike
the Net Present Value which Return
focuses more on liquidity.

TAKE NOTE !
In contrast with the Net Present
Value, IRR calculates the annual
2
return that makes the NPV equal
to zero. Formula:

Net Initial Investment / Net

Annual Cash Flow
The project or investment = Internal Rate of Return
which has the highest IRR can
3
Present Value be considered as the best Locate: Present Value Annuity
choice for the company Table
Annuity Table
 Other
Techniques
Accounting Rate Discounted
and Return Payback

Bail-Out Period Profitability Index

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Financial
Management
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Exploring Financial Management Across Borders

LAGRIMAS. NGUYEN. SOLIS

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