International Finance (AF4323) 2010/2011 Semester Two Time & Venue: Tue 13:30-16:20‚ N116 Course Description: This course introduces students to various international financial markets and instruments‚ and examines their implications for the financial management of firms and investors. We first examine the foreign exchange market and the different exchange rate systems that different countries adopt‚ paying special attention to currency board system. Although we study various approaches
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Table of Content Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Overview of Harvey Norman Holding Limited 4 1.2 Major Competitor 5 1.2.1 JB Hi-Fi 5 1.2.2 Woolworth 5 2. Capital Structures 6 2.1 Types of Funding 6 2.2 Recent Trends of Leverage 7 2.3 Comparison of capital structure with similar companies 9 2.4 Capital expenditures and its financing 10 2.5 Important factors influencing the use of debt financing 10 2.5.1 Tax Advantage 10 2.5.2 Corporate
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According to Emery‚ Finnerty‚ and Stowe (2007) the 12 Principles of Finance are divided into three groups that include: Group 1 Competition in Economic environment A. The Principle of Self-Interested Behavior: Theory suggests people behave in a mannerism that is most beneficial for them. B. The Principle of Two-Sided Transactions: Theory suggests there are two perspectives or positions in every situation. C. The Signaling Principle: Theory suggests people make assumptions based on actions
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Finance Practice Assessment 1. Frisch Fish Corp expects net income next year to be $600‚000. Inventory and accounts receivable will have to be increased by $300‚000 to accommodate this sales level. Frisch will pay dividends of $400‚000. How much external financing will Frisch Fish need assuming no organically generated increase in liabilities? A. No external financing is required. B. $100‚000 C. $200‚000 D. $300‚000 2. Under normal conditions (70% probability)‚ Financing Plan A
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Managerial Finance – Problem Review Set – Dividends Policy 1) If a firm adopts a residual distribution policy‚ distributions are determined as a residual after funding the capital budget. Therefore‚ the better the firm’s investment opportunities‚ the lower its payout ratio should be. a. True b. False 2) Even if a stock split has no information content‚ and even if the dividend per share adjusted for the split is not increased‚ there can still be a real benefit (i.e.‚ a higher value
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International Corporate Finance 1. How are percentage changes in a currency’s value measured? Illustrate your answer numerically by assuming a change in the Thai baht’s value from a value of $0.022 to $0.026. Answer: Percent △ in foreign currency value = st-st-1 st-1 = $0.026-$0.022$0.022 ≈ 18.18% 2. What are the basic factors that determine the value of a currency? In equilibrium‚ what is the relationship between these factors? Answer: The basic factors that determine the value
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Case Analysis of Netscape’s Initial Public Offering Executive Summary 2. Background-3P 3.1. Position The Internet Industry consists of companies that provide a wide variety of products and services primarily online through their Web sites. Operations include‚ but are not limited to‚ search engines‚ retailers‚ travel services‚ as well as dial-up and broadband access services. Netscape Communications is a US computer services company‚ best known for Netscape Navigator‚ its web browser
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Question 1 When you retire 40 years from now‚ you want to have $1.2 million. You think you can earn an average of 12 percent on your investment. To meet your goal‚ you are trying to decide whether to deposit lump sum today‚ or to wait and deposit a lump sum 2 years from today. How much more will you have to deposit as a lump sum if you wait for 2 years before making the deposit? A)$1414.14 B)$2319.47 C)$2891.11 D)$3280.78 E)$3406.78 Question 2 Samantha opened a savings account this morning
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Revisions Questions – ACFI2005 Question One Banks invest in financial securities that they hold in their securities portfolio. A proportion of these securities may be government securities. Government securities are regarded as essentially risk-free and therefore pay a low rate of return. Why then do banks invest in this type of security? • primary source of liquidity—government securities easily converted into cash • invest short-term surplus funds—securities provide a return‚ cash does
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International finance FIN 412 Exam #2 MC: Examples of "single-currency interest rate swap" and "cross-currency interest rate swap" are: A. fixed-for-floating rate interest rate swap‚ where one counterparty exchanges the interest payments of a floating- rate debt obligations for fixed-rate interest payments of the other counter party B. fixed-for-fixed rate debt service (currency swap)‚ where one counterparty exchanges the debt service obligations of a bond denominated in one currency for
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