This course introduces the student to International Financial Management. The course focuses on decision making, in an international context and how financing and investment decisions change, when a firm operates in more than one country. The course explores the international financial markets and currency parity conditions, including the relationship between spot and forward exchange rates, interest rates, and inflation rates. The course will also cover the role of derivatives in hedging risk in the international capital markets, as well as, the assessment and valuation of foreign investments. After this course, the student should be able to:

-Have a better understanding of the role of International Financial Management in a modern corporation

-Understand the accounting and risk issues raised by foreign operations

-Asses the role of financial derivatives to hedge risk in the international markets

-Analyse investment decisions in an international context