International Banking and Money Market

6 important questions on International Banking and Money Market

International banks do everything domestic banks do and:

  • Arrange trade financing
  • Arrange foreign exchange
  • Offer hedging services for foreign currency receivables and payables
  • Offer investment banking services (where allowed)

Types of international banking offices:

  • Correspondent bank
  • Representative offices
  • Foreign branches
  • Subsidiary and affiliate banks
  • Edge act banks
  • Offshore banking centers
  • "Shell" branches
  • International banking facilities

Subsidiary and affiliate banks:

  • A subsidiary bank is a locally incorporated bank wholly or partly owned by a foreign parent.
  • An affiliate bank is one that is partly owned but not controlled by the parent.
  • U.S. parent banks like foreign subsidiaries because they allow U.S. banks to underwrite securities.
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Offshore banking centers:

  • An offshore banking center is a country whose banking system is organized to permit external accounts beyond the normal scope of local economic activity.
  • The country usually grants complete freedom from host-country governmental banking regulations.
  • The IMF recognizes the following as major offshore banking centers: The Bahamas, Bahrain, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the Netherlands Antilles, Panama, and Singapore.

Banking capital adequacy:

Refers to the amount of equity capital and other securities a bank holds as reserves

Eurodollar interest rate futures contract:

  • Widely used futures contract for hedging short-term U.S. dollar interest rate risk.
  • The underlying asset is a hypothetical $1, 000, 000 90-day Eurodollar deposit - the contract is cash settled.
  • Traded on the CME and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange.
  • The contract trades in the March, June, September, and December cycle.

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