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International Financial Management: by Jeff Madura
International Financial Management: by Jeff Madura
by Jeff Madura
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3 International Financial Markets
Chapter Objectives
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Motives for Using International Financial Markets
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Foreign Exchange Transactions
1. Competitiveness of quote
2. Special relationship with the bank
3. Speed of execution
4. Advice about current market conditions
5. Forecasting advice
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Foreign Exchange Quotations
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Exhibit 3.1 Computation of the Bid Ask Spread
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Exhibit 3.2 Direct and Indirect Exchange Rate Quotations
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Interpreting Changes in Exchange Rates
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Exhibit 3.3 Relationship Between the Direct and
Indirect Exchange Rates Over Time
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Cross Exchange Rates
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Currency Derivatives
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Currency Derivatives
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Currency Derivatives
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Currency Derivatives
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International Money Market
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Origins and Development
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Money Market Interest Rates Among Currencies
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Global Integration of Money Market Interest Rates
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Regulations in the Credit Market (Cont.)
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Syndicated Loans in the Credit Market
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Impact of the Credit Crisis on the Credit Market
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International Bond Market
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Eurobonds
1. Features:
Bearer bonds
Annual coupon payments
Convertible or callable
2. Denominations
commonly denominated in a number of currencies
3. Underwriting Process
multinational syndicate; simultaneously placed in many
countries
4. Secondary Market
market makers are in many cases the same underwriters
who sell the primary issues
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Development of Other Bond Markets
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Risk of International Bonds
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Impact of the Greek Crisis on Bonds
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International Stock Markets
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Non-U.S. Firms Listing on U.S. Exchanges
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Investing in Foreign Stock Markets
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Exhibit 3.5 Comparison of Stock Exchanges (as of 2008)
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Exhibit 3.6 Impact of Governance on Stock Market
Participation and Trading Activity
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How Financial Markets Serve MNCs
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Exhibit 3.7 Foreign Cash Flow Chart of an MNC
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Impact of Global Financial Markets
on an MNC’s Value
m
n
E CFj , t E ER j , t
j 1
Value =
t =1 1 k t
Cost of parent’s equity in Cost of parent’s funds borrowed
global markets in global markets
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