IB 486: Seminar: International Bus 1 to

Course Description

This course explores issues of major importance to international banking. Topics discussed include the global banking environment, the operations of international commercial and investment banks, regulatory issues affecting the global banking industry, and international money and foreign exchange markets. The role, successes and weaknesses of multinational institutions for economic development are discussed along with the recently proposed reform measure. Students taking this course should expect to learn about the various categories of international lending and loan syndication, asset-related and project financing, international retail and private banking. They will gain skills in the various lending techniques practiced in global banking, and will obtain a better grasp of the problems facing international banking institutions today as a result of the continuous globalization of financial markets and the ever increasing consolidation of the industry.