BFF3331 - HD QUALITY Exam Revision Notes - All weeks covered - International Banking & Finance Notes

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Got a HD in the exam with these notes! Honestly, you will not regret getting them. I’d love for anyone who gets these notes to get a HD in the exam. It’s not hard, but there’s a lot of content to cover and can be easily missed if you don’t have comprehensive notes that cover everything. - You can use them as a checklist to know what you need to cover for the exam. - It covers all important topics and terminology. - It provides an example of important calculations that might be in the exam, as the exam comprises of 23% financial calculations. - These notes can be used to follow along easily week by week, as well as provides a great way to revise for exams at the end of semester. Covers every single topic from Week 1 - Week 11, with Week 12 notes being exam topics and a checklist for what you need to cover in preparation for the exam. Week 1 - Introduction to International Banking: these notes provide a definition of all the important types of international banking, labelled and listed clearly. Week 2 - Offshore & Euro Markets: these notes have a great example of how Loan Syndication works (which is a question that was in the exam!). Provides a glossary of all the important terminology covered in this week’s topics. Week 3 – International Equity Markets & Funds management: explanation of private placements and important LAW rules. List of pros and cons you will need to know for the exam and mid-semester test. Week 4 – Foreign Exchange Rates: these notes have examples that are EXTREMELY easy to follow for the exam question on foreign exchange rates (such as questions on direct and indirect foreign exchange quotes), explanation and example of forex parity theories. (No week 5 topic due to mid-semester exam) Week 6 – FX Risk Management: list and explanation of all different forex exposures, as it is a difficult concept to wrap your head around. (No week 7 topic due to group assignment due) Week 8 – BOP & Country Risk Analysis: these notes provide a detailed explanation of the BOP components which can come as an exam question. (No week 9 topic included in exam). Week 10 – ESG, AML and Ethical banking: real life examples of ethical banking issues (which is a question in the exam on ethics). Week 11 – Future Issues in IB: all important issues in IB such as economic challenges (examples provided), technological challenges (examples provided), regulatory challenges (examples provided), and social challenges (examples provided).