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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150223703321

Autore

Buckley Adrian

Titolo

International finance : a practical perspective / / Adrian Buckley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Pearson, , [2012]

ISBN

1-280-78125-4

0-273-73230-7

9786613691644

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 652 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

332.042

Soggetti

International finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The international monetary system -- Exchange rates : the basic equations -- Foreign exchange markets -- The balance of payments -- Theories and empiricism on exchange rate movements -- Definitions of foreign exchange risk -- Does foreign exchange exposure matter? -- Principles of exposure management -- International techniques of exposure management -- External techniques of exposure management -- Swaps -- Financial futures and foreign exchange -- Options -- Currency options -- Interest rate risk -- Financial engineering -- Credit default swaps -- The financial crisis of 2007 : a synopsis -- The internationalisation process -- Exchange controls and corporate tax in international investment -- The international capital budgeting framework -- The international capital budgeting model -- International investment : what discount rate? -- Country risk analysis and political risk -- International capital budgeting: the practicalities -- Financing the multinational and its overseas subsidiaries -- Financing international trade and minimising credit risk -- Practical problems in hedging -- Miscellaneous issues in international finance.

Sommario/riassunto

Topics covered in this book include: exchange rates, foreign exchange markets, definitions of foreign exchange risk, principles of exposure management, internal techniques of exposure management, financial futures and foreign exchange, currency options, interest rate risk,



financial engineering, and recent developments.