1. International Business Management (MS34B)
International Financial and Monetary Systems
Facilitator: Densil A. Williams
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Contents
Composition of the Monetary System: National vs International
Governing Institutions
- Bank
Fund
Institutional Challenges
International Capital Markets
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3. Composition of Monetary Systems : National vs. International
National Monetary System
International Monetary System
Central Bank- e.g BOJ
IMF , BIS
Commercial Banks- e.g NCB, Scotia, Pan Caribbean
International Operations of Commercial Banks- HSBC, Citi Bank
Development Banking Activity – e.g. DBJ
World Bank Group (MIGA, IFC,FIAS etc.)
Regional Development Banks e.g. IADB,CDB, ADB- African Development Bank etc.
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4. International Institutions
The World Bank Group
World Bank
International Finance Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Foreign Investment Advisory Service- ICSID
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The World Bank
Genesis:
1944 Bretton Woods Conference
Initially involved in reconstruction of post WWII Europe.
Present Role:
Development: Lending money to developing countries (IBRD and IDA funding).
Movement from Project Lending to Non-Project Lending.
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6. Reforms Recommended by WB i.e. Structural Adjustment Programme
Reduce budget deficits
Privatise state owned companies
Liberalise trade by decreasing tariffs and other import barriers
Reform tax system to increase the incentive for productive activity and to increase tax collections
Allow price to reflect market mechanism by removing government subsidies and price controls.
Float exchange rate
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7. Other Institutions in WB Group
International Finance Corporation
Promote development of private institutions in LDCs by lending and purchasing equity in private firms in LDCs.
Also, assists LDC firms to obtain financing.
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Mandated to promote economic development by encouraging FDI flows to LDCs.
Thus, provides insurance and policy advice services.
Gives consultancy advice to members to enhance their investment climate and promote specific investment opportunities.
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8. Other Institutions in WB Group
Foreign Investment Advisory Service
Emerged from IFC’s Development Department
Joint Venture between WB, IFC and MIGA.
Provides policy advice in areas of legal reform, investment policy, investment promotion programs to LDCs interested in attracting FDI.
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9. International Monetary Fund
Genesis:
1944 Bretton Woods Conference.
Early Objectives:
Monitor international monetary systems.
Be a banker to the world’s Central Bank.
Activities pre-1970s.
Managed fixed exchange rate system
System collapsed in the 1970s
Birth of Floating Exchange Rate.
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10. International Monetary Fund (cont’d)
Present Role:
Lender of last resort to LDCs suffering from B.O.P difficulties.
Different forms of lending: Compensatory Financing Facility; Oil Facility; and Extended Fund Facility.
The implementation of Stablisation Programmes (currency devaluations, decreases in government budgets, and elimination of government subsidy programmes).
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11. Institutional Challenges
Increased need for funds to end financial crisis around the world.
More measured policies to deal with new economic challenges that have not being experienced to date.
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12. Institutional Challenges
Conflict between institutions’ developmental vs commercial roles.
Criticisms:
Imposing austerity
Duplication of functions
Assumption that principal constraint facing LDCs is an absence of capital and inappropriate macroeconomic policy.
Adjustments without human face
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13. The International Capital Market
A capital market is a system that allocates financial resources (debt and equity) to their most efficient uses.
It provides a mechanism through which borrowers and investors can carry out their activities most efficiently.
The market consists of individuals, companies, financial institutions and governments that invest and borrow.
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14. The International Capital Market
The International Capital Market (ICM) differs from National Capital Market in that the former deals with transactions across national boundaries while the later is confined to national boundaries.
Large international banks play a critical role in the ICM by gathering the excess cash from investors and channel it to borrowers across the globe.
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15. The International Capital Market
This activity is particularly important to firms in countries with small or developing capital markets as it expands the supply of money from which they can borrow.
This expanded supply of money also reduces the cost of money to borrowers.
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16. The International Capital Market
Factors expanding the ICM
Information Technology: Electronic trading after the close of daily trade facilitates faster response time and reduce cost of communicating. This thus facilitates greater participation in the market.
Investors and Borrowers can now respond faster to breaking news on the ICM.
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17. The International Capital Market
Deregulation: This has increased competition, lowered the cost of financial transactions and opened many national markets to global investments and borrowing.
Financial Instruments: Greater competition leads to more innovative financial instruments.
This results in the repackaging of hard to trade financial assets into more liquid and marketable financial instruments (securities).
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18. The International Capital Market
E.g. Some agencies (General National Mortgage Association in the US) guarantee mortgage against default and pool them as assets.
They then sell securities in capital markets that are backed by these mortgages.
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19. Components of the International Capital Markets
International Bond Market: consists of all bonds sold by companies, governments and other organizations outside their national boundaries.
Large international investment banks such as Barclays Capital, Citi Bank etc. typically manage the sale of these bonds for corporate and government clients.
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20. Components of the International Capital Markets
International Equity Market: consists of all stocks bought and sold outside the issuer’s home country.
Large international companies generally list on several national stock exchanges.
Stock exchange listing the greatest number of international companies are:
London, New York, Frankfurt
E.g. of Caribbean Companies listing on International exchange : Sagicor of Barbados on the LSE
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21. Components of the International Capital Markets
Eurocurrency Market: consists of currencies that are banked outside their countries of origin.
E.g. US$ deposited in Jamaican banks are called Eurodollars, £ deposited in US banks are called Europounds etc.
The market that these currencies are traded in is called the Eurocurrency market
The LIBOR is the rate offered to large investors for Eurocurrency.
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Concluding Remarks
This lecture outlined how the world’s financial system is organized and governed.
It is important that managers in developing countries have an understanding of these issues as they will eventually affect the competitiveness of the enterprises that they operate.
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Concluding Remarks
Further, the enabling environment in which these enterprises operate is heavily shaped by the policies of supra-national institutions thus, the long term survival of these enterprises rests on the critical understanding of the policies espoused by these supra-national institutions.
Therefore, the challenges that confront these institutions will have tremendous implications for the way we do business in the developing world.
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