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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 4
MF0015-International Financial Management
(Book ID: B1759)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions must be written within 300 to 400 words each.
Each Question carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. Discuss the goals of international financial management.
Answer. International Financial Management is a well known term in todays
world and it is also known as international finance. It means financial management in
an international business environment. It is different because of different currency of
different countries, dissimilar political situations, imperfect markets, diversified
opportunity sets. A business organization is organic in nature, and its successful
growth depends on the financial efficiencies of operations and strategies. Therefore,
the primary goals of

Q2. The key component of the financial system is the money market that
acts as a fulcrum of monetary operations.
Write down the important points under each category mentioned below.
a) Functions performed by money market
b) International interest rates
c) Standardized Global Market regulations.
Answer. a) Functions performed by money market
1. To maintain monetary equilibrium. It means to keep a balance between the demand
for and supply of money for short term monetary transactions.

Q3. Thousands of years back the concept of bartering between parties was
prevalent, when the concept of money had not evolved. Explain on counter
trade with examples.
Answer. Trading between nations has been happening since time began. In ancient
time nations traded silk, spices, cloth and animals of all kinds. Today nation trade food
items, defense equipment, metals, electronics etc. The products might have changed
but the basic concept is still the same as the underlining need which brings together
two nations in a trade relationship still exists. One such method of trading between
nations is called counter trade.

Q4. There are different techniques of exposure management. One is the

Managing Transaction Exposure and the other one is the managing
operating exposure. So you have to explain on both Managing Transaction
Exposure and Managing Operating Exposure.
Answer. Transaction Exposure
The risk, faced by companies involved in international trade, those currency exchange
rates will change after the companies have already entered into financial obligations.
Such exposure to fluctuating exchange rates can lead to major losses for firms.

Q5. Every firm is going on concern, whether domestic or MNC.

Explain the techniques of capital budgeting and the steps to determine cash
flows.
Answer. Capital investments are long-term investments in which the assets
involved have useful lives of multiple years. For example, constructing a new
production facility and investing in machinery and equipment are capital investments.
Capital budgeting is a method of estimating the financial viability of a capital
investment over the life of the investment.

Q6. Write short note on:

a. American Depository Receipts (ADR)
b. Portfolio
Answer. a. American Depository Receipts (ADR)

An American depositary receipt (ADR and sometimes spelled depository) is a

negotiable security that represents securities of a non-U.S. company that trades in the
U.S. financial markets.
Shares of many non-U.S. companies trade on U.S. stock exchanges through ADRs,
which are denominated and pay dividends in U.S. dollars and may be traded like
regular shares of stock. ADRs are also traded during U.S. trading hours, through U.S.
broker-dealers. They simplify investing in foreign securities by

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