Catalogue

Description

This course will be an overview of:

• Capital budgeting and structure decision-making by multinational corporations and their subsidiaries.
• Both internal and external short-term local and foreign financing options.
• The cost-saving benefits and risks related to foreign currency financing including hedging strategies.
• Long-term debt financing including local and foreign options and analyzing the debt denomination, debt maturity, and fixed or floating rate decisions.
• International trade payment and financing methods and the agencies that assist and support international trade transactions.
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international debt financing availability and decisions.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Identify the capital budgeting and capital structure decisions made by multinational corporations.
• Name the various internal and external short-term debt financing options.
• Define the rationale, costs, risks, and hedging related to foreign currency financing.
• Analyze long-term debt denomination decisions of foreign subsidiaries.
• Define international trade payment and financing alternatives including agency support programs.
• Recognize the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on international debt financing decisions.