What Is International Finance

Business and Economics
International Finance
Associate Professor Elaine Hutson
Business and Economics
Lecture 1: What is IF? Current

multinational financial challenges, and
ownership and governance of the company
Readings for this week
From Eiteman, Stonehill and Moffett:

Chapters 1 and 2
Additional readings (available on the library reading list):
1. The endangered public company: the rise and fall of a great invention, and
why it matters The Economist May 19th, 2012.
2. The endangered public company: the big engine that couldnt The
Economist May 19th, 2012.
3. Anything you can do, Icahn do better The Economist February 15th, 2014.
What is international finance?
What is international finance?

1.
The international macroeconomic environment; in particular

Exchange rate systems
Exchange rate determination
2.
International (or foreign) portfolio investment (FPI)
3.
International financial management (or international corporate

finance)
lets look at the elements of (domestic) corporate finance
Corporate finance
the investment
decision
the financing
decision
the dividend
decision
Corporate finance
the investment
decision
the financing
decision
financial risk
management
decisions
the dividend
decision
The investment decision

What real assets to invest in?
You have learned the basics of capital budgeting
discounting, NPV, IRR etc.
Investment in real assets include greenfield investments,
joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions.
The financing decision

Debt/equity mix (capital structure)
What sort of debt?
bank (intermediated) or public (direct)?
term (or maturity)?
fixed or variable rate of interest? (interrelation with
risk management decision)
The financing decision

What sort of equity?
Family/friends
Angel financing
Venture capital/private equity
Initial public offering (IPO)
Seasoned issues
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Financial risk management decisions

Main (domestic) financial risks are:
Interest rate risk
Commodity price risk
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International financial management

When we study domestic corporate finance we tend to bypass international issues:
ID
Real investment abroad: Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Different regulatory systems, legal systems and tax
regimes; different systems of corporate governance;
political risks
FD
Internationalisation of financial markets finance can be

sourced globally
RMD
Exchange rate exposure/risk.
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What we do in AFC3240 International

Finance
1
What is IF/IFM? Current
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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multinational financial challenges,

and ownership and governance of
the company
The international monetary system
The balance of payments
The US and European financial
crises
The foreign exchange market, and
international parity conditions, part 1
purchasing power parity
International parity conditions, part 2
interest rate parity
Mid-semester test
The determinants of exchange rates
Currency derivatives
Transaction exposure management
Operating exposure management
International portfolio theory
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Finance
1
Exchange rate
systems
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

the company
crises
Mid-semester test
14

Finance
1
Exchange rate
systems
Exchange rate
determination
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

the company
crises
Mid-semester test
15

Finance
1
Exchange rate
systems
Exchange rate
determination
Foreign
exchange risk
management
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

the company
crises
Mid-semester test
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Finance
1
Exchange rate
systems
Exchange rate
determination
Foreign
exchange risk
management
FPI
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

the company
crises
Mid-semester test
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AFC3240 International Finance

Few of the issues in International Finance are set in stone; that is, for
some questions there are no right or wrong answers.
In exchange rate systems and exchange rate determination you will
learn about the principal theories, but the extent to which the reality fits
the theory is mixed, and how theory and principles guide practice is
subject to debate.
For example,
To what extent do the theories of exchange rate determination
explain recent movements in exchange rates?
How do policymakers decide on what exchange rate system to

use?
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AFC3240 International Finance

Few of the issues in International Finance are set in stone; that is, for
some questions there are no right or wrong answers.
In exchange rate risk management, you will learn useful principles and
theory, but there is a lot that we dont completely understand about
exchange rate risk management, such as
The extent to which firms apply these principles.
What types of firms are most exposed to exchange rate
movements.
How firms should optimally manage exchange rate risk.
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Teaching approach
The lectures will not always closely follow the text.
In lectures, I prefer to introduce the topics, present and explain the
more complex topics, and discuss current events and recent empirical
or other evidence.
ESM is a very good, easy-to-read text.
You can read it by yourself; you dont need me to take you
through it line-by-line.
The tutorial questions will usually involve a mix of content referred to in
the lectures (such as those relating to additional readings) and from
the text.
I encourage you to read, think, and then to analyse, evaluate and

make conclusions about the various topics and questions yourselves.
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Some definitions
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Some definitions: Types of traders

Investors: We define investors as traders who buy assets with a view to
holding them for the medium to long-term.
Speculators: traders who enter markets and take risky positions for the
purpose of gaining a short-term profit.
Hedgers: Unlike speculators and investors who take risk, hedgers are
traders who are in the market with a view to reducing or eliminating risk.
Arbitrageurs: Arbitrageurs are people who engage in arbitrage trades.
Arbitrage is the act of simultaneously buying and selling equivalent
assets for the purpose of making certain, guaranteed profits. An
arbitrage trade is a risk-free trade.
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Some definitions: Types of markets
Formal exchanges: organised places for trading assets (eg

stock exchanges and futures exchanges) that have formal
listing and trading rules.
OTC (over-the-counter) markets: any other markets, formal

or informal. Trading is facilitated by telephone and automated
dealing systems.
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Some definitions: Types of trade

facilitators
Broker
A broker organises the trade, by introducing the buyer to the seller and
the seller to the buyer.
Brokers do not hold a position in the asset, and the transaction is between
the seller and the buyer.
The broker charges a commission for this service.
Dealer (they hold stock/inventory. They are actually trading)

A dealer acts as a buyer to the seller and a seller to the buyer, and holds
stocks of the asset.
The dealer earns the dealers spread, buy buying at a slightly lower price
than what they sell at.
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Chapter 1 of ESM
Current multinational financial challenges
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Currency market basics
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Forward and spot markets

The spot foreign exchange (forex)
market is for immediate delivery.
The forward forex market involves
agreements to buy and sell
currencies at prices agreed on
today for delivery at a specified
time in the future.
Data source:
Banks quote for 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12

month maturities are readily
available for forward contracts; but
can be anything from a few days to
up to 10 years.
http://www.bis.org/publ/rpfx13.htm
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Exchange rate/currency symbols

There is a standardised system
of three-letter codes to denote
particular currencies.
For example:
Australian dollar:
AUD
US dollar:
USD
Chinese yuan:
CNY
British pound:
GBP
Euro:
EUR
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Exchange rate/currency symbols

There is a standardised system
of three-letter codes to denote
particular currencies.
For example:
I will refer to the US dollar as the

dollar, and the Australian dollar
as the Aussie.
I will also use the following
symbols:
Australian dollar:
AUD
A$
US dollar:
USD
Chinese yuan:
CNY
British pound:
GBP
Euro:
EUR
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What is an exchange rate?
Simply the price of one currency in terms of another.

23rd July 2014 (www.x-rates.com):
AUD versus USD 0.942825 or 1.060642

AUD versus CNY 5.848512 or 0.170984
EUR versus USD 0.742629 or 1.346568
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Quoting exchange rates: direct and indirect
The home / base currency must be clarified.

Where are you?
Direct: the domestic currency price of foreign currency, or how much
domestic currency does it take to buy 1 unit of foreign currency?
Indirect: the foreign currency price of domestic currency, or how
much foreign currency does it take to buy 1 unit of domestic
currency?
The exchange rate symbol used in the text (and that we will use) is S.
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Quoting exchange rates: direct and indirect
S(A$/) = 1.428137
How many
Aussies
To one
euro
S(/A$) = 0.700213
How many
euro
To one
Aussie
This is a direct quote from an

Australian perspective (or an
indirect quote from a
Eurozone perspective).
This is an indirect quote from an

Australian perspective (or a direct
quote from a Eurozone
perspective).
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Recent trends in international trade,

investment and financial markets
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Trends in international trade and investment:

the last 30-40 years
Globalisation in trade and FDI:
Freeing up of world trade (GATT, WTO)
Reduction of barriers to FDI
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Total value of exports, 1980-2010
Data source: UNCTADstat

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Merchandise exports

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Services exports

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Capital flows: FDI

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Trade and capital flows: Openness to trade and FDI

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FDI openness
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This figure plots the FDI and trade openness ranked (left to right) on trade openness. The figures for trade openness
were obtained from Penn World Table Version 6.1, for the period 1984-2000 (from Alan Heston, Robert Summers
and Bettina Aten, Penn World Table Version 6.1, Center for International Comparisons at the University of
Pennsylvania (CICUP)) (http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt61_form.php), and the figures for FDI are inward
plus outward stock of FDI as at 2003 (from UNCTADs 2005 World Investment Report) standardised by GDP.
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Trends in international financial markets:

the last 30-40 years
Market volatility:
Exchange rates the end to the Bretton Woods system of fixed

exchange rates (early 1970s)
Interest rates relaxation of bank regulation and growth of

indirect debt markets
Globalisation:
Removal of capital controls (capital control = limit of movement

of capital/money across borders)
Almost exponential increase in capital flows mainly
speculative (as well as FDI and FPI)
The rise of derivatives:
Designed to manage risks, but have they become weapons of

mass destruction?
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International capital flows: forex market turnover

2013 BIS triennial survey of foreign exchange activity, April 2013
average daily turnover of $5.3 trillion a day, compared to $4.0 trillion in 2010
and $3.2 trillion in 2007
Data source:
http://www.bis.org/publ/rpfx13.htm
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The multinational company (MNC)

and international business
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The multinational company (MNC)
The last part of Chapter 1 looks at the MNC.

However, many (most?) firms now
Face international competitive pressures and international
economic risks
Want to seek international markets, outsource/offshore
activities to other countries, and/or import from abroad
Are exposed to exchange rate risk
All business is international in the 21st century.
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Theories of international business (IB)

There are two areas of IB theory discussed in
chapter 1.
The first relates to the question of why firms
internationalise
The second relates to the process of
internationalisation or globalisation
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Theories of international business (IB):

why do firms internationalise?
This theory is usually couched as theories of FDI why do
firms invest in real assets abroad?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Market-seeking
The search for raw materials (raw materials-seeking)
Production efficiency seeking (e.g. Cheap labour seeking)
Knowledge-seeking
Political safety seekers
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the process of internationalisation
Standard theories of internationalisation see it as a gradual

process carefully sequenced
Moving from exporting (lowest risk),
to licensing and/or joint ventures,
and then finally FDI (highest risk; highest return)
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the process of internationalisation
These standard theories have been challenged; notably by what is
known as the INV international new venture (also called born
global firms)
INVs export or have international partners or manufacture
abroad right from the start
Start-up firms are more likely to be INVs (rather than operate purely
domestically) when they are
Based in small countries
In niche/specialist markets
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Recent trends in international business

Increasingly, firms are engaging in international sourcing of inputs
to the production process.
Offshoring and foreign outsourcing

Many firms have global supply chains.
See example of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on next page
Offshoring and foreign outsourcing also occurs in services.
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Fragmentation of production and global supply chains
Source:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/TRADE/0,,contentMDK:22894003~menuPK:2644066~pagePK:64020865~piPK:51164185~theSitePK:239071,00.html
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Chapter 2 of ESM
Ownership and governance of the corporation
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Business entity structures

Public
(SOEs)
Private
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Public
Private
(SOEs)
Wholly stateowned
Partially
publicly traded
Publicly traded
Private
company
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Public
Private
(SOEs)
Wholly stateowned
Partially
publicly traded
Publicly traded
Private
company
Three reasons for the rise and long-lasting success of the publicly traded private
corporation:
1. Limited liability
2. Professional management
3. Corporate personhood
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Public
Private
(SOEs)
Wholly stateowned
Partially
publicly traded
Publicly traded
Private
company
UNCTAD defines a SOE(state owned enterprises) as a company in which

the state owns >10% of shares.
Some are wholly state-owned; most are publicly traded.
An important feature of emerging nations in particular.
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Public
Private
(SOEs)
Wholly stateowned
Partially
publicly traded
Publicly traded
Private
company
The publicly traded private company appears to be in decline. The first two
additional readings are about this issue.
But before we get to this, we need to discuss the two main models of
corporate governance
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Systems of corporate governance

Corporate governance relates to how companies are directed
and controlled.
Listed companies involve some degree of separation of
ownership and control.
In general, there are two basic models:
1. Shareholder wealth maximisation model
This is the corporate governance system in Britain, US,
Australia.
Sometimes called the Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-American
model of corporate governance.
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Shareholder wealth maximisation model
Typical features:
Dispersed shareholdings.
Investors do not intervene in the day-to-day operations of the company.
Most important corporate governance issue: how to ensure that
managers as agents of the shareholders act in shareholders interest.
Referred to as agency problems or agency issues.
The Board of Directors represents shareholders.

There is a lot of regulation relating to the protection of shareholders.
Takeovers, including hostile takeovers, are common.
Usually associated with well-developed and highly liquid equity markets.
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2.
Corporate wealth maximisation model
Maximise corporate wealth, including stakeholders other than

shareholders.
This is the traditional form of corporate governance on mainland

Europe sometimes called the European model.
Typical features:
Ownership and control is often inter-linked; investor intervention
in management is typically via controlling shareholders:
Controlling shareholders, eg banks in Germany, families in France,

Italy and parts of East Asia, government in China, Russia and
Brazil.
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2.
Corporate wealth maximisation model
By definition, if there is a controlling shareholder there are also

minority shareholders.
Minority shareholders are often not well protected.

Ownership changes are infrequent; takeovers are very rare.
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Publicly traded
The endangered public company
The article The endangered

public company: the big engine
that couldnt is mainly about
the apparent demise of the US
publicly listed private company
(the public company).
Source: The endangered public

company: the big engine that
couldnt The Economist, May 19th
2012.
Why companies prefer to be a

private company?
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Publicly traded

The number of public
companies in the US has
declined 38 percent in the US
and 48 percent in Britain since
1997.
Why?
1. Fewer IPOs

couldnt The Economist, May
19th 2012.
2. Increase in delistings:
takeovers, private equity
buyouts(private buy public to
make it private).
Why?
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Publicly traded

Increase in delistings: M&A,
private equity buyouts
What does private equity deal or
private equity buyout mean?
What is their business model?\

couldnt The Economist, May 19th
2012.
Private equity acquire private

firms or division from existing
firms, delist them and keep them
private for a few years, then
refloat them again in the public
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Publicly traded
Why the massive decline in the number of US listed

companies and IPOs?
1. Agency costs
2. Regulation particularly the Sarbanes Oxley Act 2002
3. Rising shareholder activism

(These three explanations are highly interrelated.)
4. Rise of alternative corporate forms
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Publicly traded
The importance of a vibrant IPO market

1. Facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship
The alternative to a stock market listing for young
innovative companies is to sell to an established
company.
2. The private equity business relies on the ability to re-float
companies.
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Publicly traded
The importance of the existence of public companies

1. Facilitate widespread participation in business ownership
gives ordinary people a chance to invest directly in
capitalisms most important wealth-creating machines.
2. Because we know a lot about them, Public companies let in
daylight. In contrast, private companies and family firms
operate in a fog of secrecy.
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Publicly traded
Shareholder activism
Who are the activists? Shareholders who harasses managers to

make changes
What do they want?
Changes to how companies are run; mostly related to
corporate governance, eg
Split dual CEO/Chairman roles
Changes to how directors are elected
Very common these days: demands to hand over hoarded
cash to shareholders.
A common criticism: incentivises managers to do things that boost

their share price in the short run but harm their long-term
performance.
Reading: Anything you can do, Icahn do better The Economist February 15th, 2014.
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Publicly traded
Shareholder activism
A paper cited in the article: Lucian Bebchuk, Alon Brav and Wei Jiang,
The long-term effects of shareholder activism:
Examines all 2,040 interventions by activist hedge funds during the
period 1994-2007. Findings:
No evidence that interventions are followed by declines in operating
performance in the long term; rather, activist interventions are followed by
improved operating performance during the following five years.
No evidence that an initial positive stock price spike reverses over the
longer-term; the data are consistent with the initial spike reflecting
correctly the interventions long-term consequences.
Reading: Anything you can do, Icahn do better The Economist February 15th, 2014.
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Publicly traded
IPO boom!
The Economist January 11th 2014

222 IPOs in 2013 a sevenfold increase relative to 2008.
Why?
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Lecture 1: What is IF? Current

Readings for this week

From Eiteman, Stonehill and Moffett:

What is international finance?

What is international finance?

The international macroeconomic environment; in particular

International (or foreign) portfolio investment (FPI)

International financial management (or international corporate

The investment decision

The financing decision

The financing decision

Financial risk management decisions

International financial management

Real investment abroad: Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Internationalisation of financial markets finance can be

Exchange rate exposure/risk.

What we do in AFC3240 International

multinational financial challenges,

What we do in AFC3240 International

multinational financial challenges,

What we do in AFC3240 International

multinational financial challenges,

What we do in AFC3240 International

multinational financial challenges,

What we do in AFC3240 International

multinational financial challenges,

AFC3240 International Finance

How do policymakers decide on what exchange rate system to

AFC3240 International Finance

I encourage you to read, think, and then to analyse, evaluate and

Some definitions: Types of traders

Some definitions: Types of markets

Formal exchanges: organised places for trading assets (eg

OTC (over-the-counter) markets: any other markets, formal

Some definitions: Types of trade

Dealer (they hold stock/inventory. They are actually trading)

Currency market basics

Forward and spot markets

Banks quote for 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12

Exchange rate/currency symbols

Exchange rate/currency symbols

I will refer to the US dollar as the

What is an exchange rate?

Simply the price of one currency in terms of another.

AUD versus USD 0.942825 or 1.060642

Quoting exchange rates: direct and indirect

The home / base currency must be clarified.

Quoting exchange rates: direct and indirect

This is a direct quote from an

This is an indirect quote from an

Recent trends in international trade,

Trends in international trade and investment:

Total value of exports, 1980-2010

Data source: UNCTADstat

Data source: UNCTADstat

Data source: UNCTADstat

Capital flows: FDI

Data source: UNCTADstat

Trade and capital flows: Openness to trade and FDI

Trends in international financial markets:

Exchange rates the end to the Bretton Woods system of fixed