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Course Detail

Course Name Global Investment Management
Course Code 24COM334
Program B.Com. (Specialization in International Finance)
Campus Mysuru

Syllabus

Unit 1

Investment and Multinational Financial Management – Asset Allocation Decision -Selecting Investments in Global Market

Unit 2

Organisation of Securities Market-FDI -FPI – Global Security Market Indices- Macroanalysis and Microvaluation of Stock Markets

Unit 3

Introduction to Portfolio Management – Global Portfolio -Multifactor Models-International Cashflows

Unit 4

Valuation Techniques-International Arbitrage and Interest Rates Parity -Exchange Rates- Exchange Rate Determination; Relationship Among Inflation, Interest Rates and Exchange Rates

Unit 5

International Cash Management (Currency Swap, Transfer Pricing, etc.)

Objectives and Outcomes

Objective:

This course aim to cover the main principles and applications of portfolio management, with a strong emphasis on investments in international environments.

Course Outcome:

Students will be able to

CO1: This course enables the student to understand the relationships and guide the student to forecast exchange rates; manage international cash flows.

CO2: This also covers issues such standard portfolio management and risk modeling, typical to daily professional practice.

CO3: This course extends those tools to encompass macroeconomic (domestic) and international issues such as exchange rates, interest rate parity and international arbitrage, exchange rate fluctuation exposure, as well as the management of international cash flows.

CO4: The course provides guidelines to optimize financial decisions under domestic and foreign risks.

CO5: Identify opportunities and professionally manage stock portfolios; identification and optimal management of international risks.

COPO

PO1

PO2

PO3

PO4

PO5

PO6

PO7

PO8

PO9

PO10

CO1

3

2

2

3

3

1

1

2

1

2

CO2

3

2

3

3

3

1

1

2

1

2

CO3

3

2

3

3

3

1

1

2

1

2

CO4

3

2

3

3

3

1

1

2

1

2

CO5

3

2

3

3

3

1

1

2

1

2

Text Books / References

Required Textbook:

  • Jeff Madura and Roland Fox, International Financial Management, 2e Edition South- Western, Cengage Learning, 2011.
  • Frank Reilly and Keith Brown Analysis of Investments and Management of Portfolios, 9 th Edition, Thomson, South-Western, 2009.

Other references:

  • International Financial Management, Eun and Resnick, 3e, Mc-Graw Hill,
  • Multinational Financial Management, Alan C. Shapiro, 7e, John Wiley and Sons Inc.,
  • Bodie, Kane and Marcus, Essentials of Investments, 8e, Mc-Graw Hill,

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