Course Overview
This course (Parts 1 through 4) is designed for managers working for multinational companies (MNCs) as well as accountants, CFOs, controllers, treasurers, and international investors. In a modern economy, neither businesses nor individual investors can afford to be ignorant of the basic concepts of international finance. Changes in exchange rates and differences in national inflation and interest rates can affect the competitive position of businesses regardless of whether they are engaged in international operations.
For companies that are engaged in international business, national differences in banking, commercial laws, regulations, and political stability also complicate decision making. Today’s investors must also understand the effects of, and interactions among, exchange rates, inflation rates, and interest rates if they wish to maximize their returns and minimize their risks.
The study of multinational finance constitutes an essential component of a modern business education. The subject multinational finance is offered in a variety of titles including international finance, global finance, international financial management, or financial management of multinational corporations etc. at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Controllers' Guide to Multinational Financial Management (Parts 1 through 4) provides a clear and concise introduction to international finance. This course is written and compiled for working professionals engaged in the fields of international finance, global trade, foreign investments, and banking. It may be used for both day-to-day practice and for technical research. This course is a practical reference of proven techniques, strategies, and approaches that are successfully used by professionals to diagnose multinational finance and banking problems. The course covers virtually all important topics dealing with multinational business finance, investments, financial planning, financial economics, and banking. This course will benefit accountants, practicing financial analysts, CFOs, controllers, financial managers, treasurers, money managers, fund managers, investment analysts, and professional bankers, who are engaged in multinational operations.
Controllers' Guide to Multinational Financial Management (Parts 1 through 4) will enlighten the practitioner by presenting the most current information, offer important directives, and explain the technical procedures involved in the aforementioned dynamic business disciplines. The course applies to large, medium, or small multinational companies. It will help you to make smart decisions in all areas of international finance and banking.
You'll find ratios, formulas, examples, applications, exhibits, charts, and rules of thumb to help you analyze and evaluate any global finance-related situation.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, the course participant should be able to:
Recognize the attributes of international leasing. Identify the special reasons for using Eurobonds rather than domestic bonds. Identify some basic techniques that can be used to measure the probability and quantify the magnitude of political risk.
Recognize methods for reducing political risk prior to making foreign investments.
Identify the factors that distinguish capital budgeting decisions regarding foreign investment.
Recognize methods for evaluating proposed direct foreign investments. Recognize the most frequently used methods of analyzing international capital budgeting.
Define a Eurodollar. Recognize different types of multinational banking organizations. Recognize the advantages and limitations of international investing and diversification.
Compute the total return of an international investment. Identify instruments designed to facilitate
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Speaker / Author:
Steve Spafford, MBA, CPA, has over 20 years’ experience as a CPA working with large public accounting firms, and in numerous executive roles at multinational public corporations. He is a member of DeltaCPE LLC, a leading publisher of continuing professional education courses for CPAs, and has edited CPA ethics courses provided to over 35 states.
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