Welcome to FIN340
Welcome to a new session of study at Charles Sturt University.
This subject covers a representative range of issues in international finance and global financial markets. Topics include spot and forward exchange rates, interest rate parity, currency hedging and exchange rate forecasting techniques. Also covers new developments in the international financial system such as euro-commercial paper and the internationalization of the equity market.

About your subject coordinator
My name is Hazbo Skoko and I will be your lecturer this session. I am Lecturer in Finance and Economics at School of Management and Marketing. Before joining CSU I was employed as a Senior Research Officer for the Western Research Institute in Bathurst. I have also held teaching, research, and commercial appointments at the University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Uppsala University and Gothenburg University, Sweden, COMBICK GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Most recently, I was a tutor of economics in information technology as well as a business information systems analyst and adviser to the LincWorks at Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Please visit this page regularly for the latest correspondence and lecturer's notes.

The text for this course is as in your Outline and DE material.

Handouts

Topic
Lecturer's note/handouts
The international monetary system
Topic 1 (PDF )
The foreign exchange market
Topic 2 (PDF )
Import - Export Financing
Topic 3 (PDF )
Transaction exposure
Topic 4 (PDF)
Operating exposure
Topic 5 (PDF )
Interest rate exposure
Topic 6 (PDF )
Global capital markets
Topic 7 (PDF )
International debt and equity markets
Topic 8 (PDF )
Motives and modes of foreign investment
Topic 9 (PDF )
Multinational capital budgeting
Topic 10 (PDF )
Repositioning funds in the multinational firm
Topic 11 (PDF )

Click here to take a practice test 1

Assignment 1 due TBA
Class-free period TBA
Assignment 2 due TBA
Examination period: TBA
Dr H. Skoko