SFB12604 Internasjonal finans (Vår 2011)

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Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business.

Forkunnskapskrav utover opptakskrav

Based on Foundation courses in finance/business finance, SFB11002  Finansiering og investering or eqvivalent.

Undervisningssemester

6. semester (spring).

Innhold

Foreign exchange markets
Financial management
International parity conditions
Hedging foreign exchange
Interest rate exposure
Futures and options
International portfolio diversification
Foreign investment and capital budgeting
Corporate governance

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures, group work, exercises. The language of instruction is English.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

Three papers (group work or individual) must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final indivdual examination.

Eksamen

Four hours written examination. Aids allowed: calculator, mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary. Grades: A - F.

Evaluering av emnet

Student evaluation of teaching will be carried out in the middle and at the end of the semester.

Litteratur

Litteraturlista er sist oppdater 11. januar 2011.

Jeff Madura and Roland Fox (2007). International Financial Management, 1st edition, Cengage Learning EMEA. This book is also available under the title International Corporate Finance, 8th edition or International Financial Management, 8th edition.

Supplementary literature:
Sercu, Piet and Raman Uppdal (1995). International financial markets and the firm. Cincinnati, Ohio : South-Western College Pub. Co. 731 s.
Sarno, Lucio and Mark P. Taylor (2002). The economics of exchange rates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 318 s.