International Finance: A practical perspective, 1st edition

Published by FT Publishing International (21 June 2012) © 2013

  • Adrian Buckley Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University
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International Finance is a complete and authoritative text on the theory and practice of finance in the international arena. The book offers a user-friendly, European orientated approach to this sometimes complex topic and moves from the basics to the advanced with clarity and conciseness.

Table of contents

  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The international monetary system        
  • 3 Exchange rates: the basic equations
  • 4 Foreign exchange markets
  • 5 The balance of payments
  • 6 Theories and empiricism on exchange rate movements
  • 7 Definitions of foreign exchange risk
  • 8 Does foreign exchange exposure matter?
  • 9 Principles of exposure management
  • 10 Internal techniques of exposure management
  • 11 External techniques of exposure management
  • 12 Swaps
  • 13 Financial futures and foreign exchange
  • 14 Options
  • 15 Currency options
  • 16 Interest rate risk
  • 17 Financial engineering
  • 18 Credit default swaps
  • 19 The financial crisis of 2007-8:&
  • 20 The internationalisation process
  • 21 Exchange controls and corporate tax in international investment
  • 22 The international capital budgeting framework
  • 23 The international capital budgeting model
  • 24 International investment: what discount rate?
  • 25 Country risk analysis and political risk
  • 26 International capital budgeting: the practicalities
  • 27 Financing the multinational and its overseas subsidiaries
  • 28 Financing international trade and minimising credit risk
  • 29 Practical problems in hedging
  • 30 Miscellaneous issues in international finance
  • Suggested answers to end of chapter questions
  • Suggested answers to selected exercises
  • Solutions to multiple choice questions
  • Appendix 1 Present value of $1
  • Appendix 2 Present value of $1 received annually for n years
  • Appendix 3 Table of areas under the normal curve
  • Appendix 4 Black and Scholes value of call option expressed as a percentage of the share price
  • Appendix 5 Present value of $1 with a continuous discount rate, r, for T periods.  Values of e–rt
  • Appendix 6 Selections from ISO 4217 currency code list, a.k.a. SWIFT codes

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