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Year 3 Accounting.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: 306-203 Business Finance.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week, plus up to eight 1-hour seminars presented by practitioners.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject a student should:
- know the concepts, methods of operation and terminology of foreign exchange markets;
- understand the crucial elements of international investment decision-making;
- be aware of the sources and approaches to dealing with foreign exchange exposure;
- have a knowledge of international funding mechanisms;
- be able to analyse decision making in multinational business organisations and others engaged in international business;
- be aware of the major theories of exchange rate determination.
Content:
Concepts, operation and terminology of foreign exchange markets: international investment decision-making; sources of and approaches to dealing with foreign exchange exposure. International funding mechanisms and decision making in multinational business organisations.
Assessment:
A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (80 per cent) and a 1-hour mid-semester test (20%); weekly tutorial assignments of up to 80 pages in total.
Prescribed texts:
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