INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND BANKING IN ASIA

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND BANKING IN ASIA
Course code
LM6280 (AF:368866 AR:214907)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
SECS-P/09
Period
1st Semester
Course year
2
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course focuses on the basic issues of the financial and banking management in a global economy. It examines why companies need financial resources as well as the criteria that the financial market uses to decide whether to provide that money to a company or not. The risk is considered as a key element for both business and banking decisions, so that an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) approach must be used when working internationally and financial hedging instruments become very useful. At the end of the course, students will be able to fully understand and drivers of financial sustainability and feasibility for companies approaching the Asian markets.
To know the fundamental drivers of corporate financial equilibrium. To know the processes of financial planning. To address the risks of the international dimension of the business activity. To know the peculiarities of the Chinese market and of the local banking system.
None, basic knowledge of accounting is welcome
Topics covered in this course include:
- The financial function of the firms;
- Financial analysis of corporate performance;
- Working capital management and international payments;
- Foreign Exchange Market;
- Corporate currency risk management.
International Finance and Banking in Asia, McGraw Hill – Create Custom Publishing
Supplementary study material - such as slides, papers, and exercises - will be available as I.S.A. materials.
Students are required to solve case studies on topics covered in class: case studies are not mandatory but provide additional points (2pts max) to sum to the final exam mark to get the final grade.
The finale exam is made of both multiple choice questions and open questions about the contents of the course.
Theoretical lessons, exercises and business cases
English
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 02/05/2023