International financial strategy
Taught by Ben Wilson · AI tutor support included
When your business expands overseas, you'll face new financial challenges that could significantly impact your profitability and stability.
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In this lesson
- 0:00 Overseas expansion: risks and opportunities
- 0:46 Three types of foreign exchange risk explained
- 1:57 Transaction risk: price agreements and currency changes
- 2:10 Translation risk: overseas assets and financial reporting
- 2:59 Economic risk: long-term currency impact on business
- 4:28 Financing overseas investment: matching assets and liabilities
- 5:09 Foreign currency loans versus home currency loans
- 6:39 Currency swaps and counterparty risk
- 8:40 Smile Co case study: choosing the right financing option
- 12:42 Key takeaways: forex risks and financing options
About this lesson
In this lesson, you'll learn how to identify and manage the three main types of foreign exchange risk—transaction, translation, and economic—and explore the key financing options available to international businesses. You'll discover why matching your assets and liabilities in the same currency matters, how different funding approaches like foreign currency loans, home currency loans, government loans, and currency swaps each carry distinct advantages and risks, and how to apply this knowledge to real exam scenarios. By working through a practical case study, you'll develop the confidence to make sound decisions when your organisation takes the next step into international markets.
Duration: 13m
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