FIN8104 International Financial Management

Staffing

Examiner: Taiji Watanabe
Moderator: Frank Elston

Requisites

Pre-requisite: FIN8202

Other requisites

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/students/standards/default.htm.

Rationale

Trade is increasingly being facilitated by governments through trade agreements and the abolition of trade barriers. Accordingly multinational businesses today have to deal with international suppliers, customers and financiers. Profitability in these circumstances depends on the understanding and effective management of risks, financial instruments and taxation regimes.

Synopsis

This course covers the financial management, and more specifically, the financial management dimensions of leading a multinational enterprise. It includes international monetary system, exchange rate dynamics and forecasting, discussion of exchange rate risk and exposure management and finally, sources of international finance.

Objectives

Topics

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Reference materials

Student workload requirements

Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks. (Depending upon the requirements in Statement 4 below, students may not have to satisfactorily complete each assessment item to receive a passing grade in this course.)
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   If students submit assignments after the due date without prior approval of the examiner, then a penalty of 5% of the total marks gained by the student for the assignment may apply for each working day late up to ten working days at which time a mark of zero may be recorded.
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   This is a restricted examination. Candidates are allowed access to specific materials during the examination. The only materials that candidates may use in the examination for this course are:
   1. writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination)
   2. calculators which cannot hold textual information (students must indicate on their examination paper the make and model of any calculator(s) they use during the examination).
   Students are not permitted to take mobile telephones, pagers or other electronic means of communication into the examination room.
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.
   
   
8. University Student Policies:
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at http://policy.usq.edu.au/portal/custom/search/category/usq_document_policy_type/Student.1.html.
   
   

Assessment notes

1. Assignments:
   1. The due date for an assignment is the date by which a student must submit the assignment to the USQ.
   2. Students must retain a copy of each assignment submitted for assessment. This must be produced within 24 hours if required by the examiner.
   3. If students submit assignments after the due date and wish to claim extenuating circumstances then they shall provide validated documentary evidence with the assignment, explaining the circumstances. The examiner shall consider the statement accompanying a late assignment and decide on the outcome.
   4. Assignments are to be submitted with the appropriate assignment cover.
   
   
   
2. Referencing in assignments:
   Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide at http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/referencing/default.htm.
   
   
3. Course weightings:
   Course weightings of topics should not be interpreted as applying to the number of marks allocated to questions testing those topics in the final examination paper. The final examination may test material already tested in assignments.
   
   

Other requirements

1. Computer, e-mail and Internet access:
   Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/students/standards/default.htm.