MFIN8840 · Finance

International Finance

Carroll School of Management

This course introduces students to identifying and managing currency risk by providing a description of the international finanical markets, their products, and applications. The course presents an overview of international money markets, bond markets, the foreign exchange spot and forward markets, and foreign exchange derivative markets. The course sets to identify nominal international risk factors that firms might be exposed to and discusses several fo the recent international banking and currency crises. Students are introduced to a variety of financial tools or derivative products that can be used to hedge part or all of the exposure to these risk factors; foreign currency futures, options, forward contracts and swaps.