ECON344-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023

International Finance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2023
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 October 2023

Description

This course provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts and issues in international finance. It develops a "tool-kit" of common approaches and applies it to many real-world examples in international finance. We cover topics such as the foreign exchange markets and exchange rate systems, balance of payments, international arbitrage and interest rate parity, exchange rate determination and forecasting, measuring and managing exchange rate risk, international debt and equity financing, currency derivatives, interest rate and currency swaps, and financial crises.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

ECON206 or FINC201 or FINC203 RP: 15 points in MATH or Year 13 Math with Calculus

Restrictions

ECON 210 and FINC 315 and FINC344

Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

15 points in MATH or Year 13 Math with Calculus

Guest Lecturer

Gerard Turley (Visiting Erskine Fellow)

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Take home assignment 25%
Final exam 50%
Mid semester test 25% In week 6.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $868.00

International fee $4,075.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

All ECON344 Occurrences

  • ECON344-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023