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Faculty of Business
Chu Hai College of Higher Education
FNE306 International Finance
Course Document for Fall Semester in the Year 2015-16
Instructor: Prof. Raymond Tse
Email: rtse@chuhai.edu.hk
Time: 11:40a.m.-2:10p.m. (Thur.)
Venue: Room 310
I.
Course Description
In this course, students would acquire the competence in managing foreign currencies
and associated financial matters in a multinational and commercial environment. The
course includes international financial systems, foreign exchange regimes and markets,
international parity conditions, international financial markets, derivatives and
management of foreign exchange exposures, international capital structure, capital
budgeting and cash management, and interest rate and currency swaps. Upon
completion of the course, students would have the ability to analyze and devise
solutions to the contemporary complex economic and financial issues in a
multinational setting.
Textbook (Required)
Mofett, M.H., Stonehill, A.I. and Eiteman, D.K. (2014). Fundamentals of
Multinational Finance, 4th edition. Pearson Education Limited.
CLO2, CLO3
solving skills. By engaging in this exercise, students will not only learn to work
as a team but also develop their team spirit and communication skills that are
useful in their future work.
TLA4. Consultation
Instructor offers consultation after class to address students questions. Students
are encouraged to discuss questions with the instructor either in person or by
email.
Course Assessment Tasks
Course grade will be based on class participation, group assignments, midterm
examination, and final examination as follows:
AT1
Individual Class Participation
AT2
Group Assignments
AT3
Midterm Examination
AT4
Final Examination
Total
5%
25%
20%
50%
100%
Assessment Tasks
CILO1
CILO2
CILO3
CILO4
Grading Criteria
Grade
Performance
Indicates that the student has failed the course. A student receiving grade
F in a course must retake that course
III.
COURSE POLICIES
Class Conduct
Students are required to attend all classes on time. If students are 30 minutes late or
more, they will be regarded as not having attended the class. In case you have to leave
the class early, please inform the instructor before the class begins. Please sit near the
5
door and exit quietly. If you fail to inform the instructor before you leave, no credit
will be given for your class attendance.
Respect your instructor and your fellow students. Keep silent and switch off your
mobile phone unless necessary. Be considerate to others.
Academic Dishonesty
The college regulations on academic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. Please check
the student handbook on plagiarism.
Academic dishonesty is any act misrepresents a persons own academic work or that
compromises the academic work of another. It includes (but not limited) cheating on
assignments or examinations; plagiarizing, i.e., representing someone elses ideas as if
they are ones own; sabotaging anothers work.
If you are caught in an act of academic dishonesty or misconduct, you will receive an
F grade for the subject. The relevant Board of Examiners may impose other penalty
in relation to the seriousness of the offense.
IV.
COURSE OUTLINE
Lecture Topics
Schedule
1
The
Reading
Course
Intended
Learning Outcomes
International
Monetary Chapter 3
CILO1, CILO2
System
2
Chapter 4
CILO1, CILO2
Chapter 6
CILO1, CILO2,
CILO4
Chapter 7
CILO1, CILO2
CILO1, CILO2,
CILO4
Transaction
and
Translation Chapter 10
Exposures
Global Cost and Availability of Chapter 12
Capital
CILO1, CILO2,
CILO3
Sourcing
Globally
CILO1, CILO2,
CILO3, CILO4
7
8
Equity
and
Debt Chapter 13
CILO1, CILO2,
CILO3, CILO4