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Alan M Rugman and Simon Collinson, International Business, 5th Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2009
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International financial
markets and institutions
• Objectives
• Introduction
• Foreign exchange markets
• Determination of the exchange rate
• Protecting against exchange risk
• Foreign money and capital markets
• Regional money and capital markets
• The IMF system.
Alan M Rugman and Simon Collinson, International Business, 5th Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2009
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Objectives
• Review the basic characteristics of all the
financial markets that may be available to a firm
in international business.
• Examine the foreign exchange market, its
operation, and the main participants.
• Explain the fundamental economic factors that
determine exchange rates.
• Show how firms can operate successfully in more
than one currency without facing unacceptable
levels of exchange risk.
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Objectives (Continued)
• Give insights into domestic money and capital
markets that exist around the world.
• Describe the functioning of the euromarkets, both
short term and long term.
• Explain how the international monetary system
functions and how it relates to both private-sector
firms and governments.
• Look at a country’s balance of payments and
show what lessons can be drawn from it.
• Show how firms can take advantage of the
opportunities available in all of these markets.
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Introduction
• International financial markets are relevant to
companies, whether or not they become directly
involved in international business through exports,
direct investment, and the like.
• Purchases of imported products or services,
borrowing and investment in other countries or
currency, all involve exchange risk.
• Exchange risk: The risk of financial loss or gain
due to an unexpected change in a currency’s
value.
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Introduction (Continued)
• Foreign exchange: any financial instrument that
carries out payment from one currency to
another.
• Exchange rate: the amount of one currency that
can be obtained for another currency.
– Spot rate is the rate quoted for current foreign
currency transactions.
– Forward rate is the rate quoted for the delivery of
foreign currency at a predetermined future date
such as 90 days from now.
– Cross rate is an exchange rate that is computed
from two other rates.
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Introduction (Continued)
• Foreign exchange: any financial instrument that
carries out payment from one currency to
another.
• Exchange rate: the amount of one currency that
can be obtained for another currency.
– Spot rate is the rate quoted for current foreign
currency transactions.
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Economic relationship
for exchange rate determination
• Exchange rates are determined by the activities
of the groups discussed above, as well as
through two fundamental economic relationships
that underlie exchange rate determination:
– Purchasing Power Parity
– The International Fisher Effect.
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Combined equilibrium
• The future exchange rate, XRt+1, will be partially
determined by both of the above factors (PPP
and IFE) in the absence of government
intervention.
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Discussion
U.S. Senate Passes Chinese Currency Bill on Oct 11, 2011
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