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Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a International Finance: An Analytical Approach 3e by Imad A. Moosa
Slides prepared by Afaf Moosa
Objectives
• To define the Eurocurrency market• To identify Eurocurrencies and Eurocurrency banking
centres• To identify reasons for the growth of the
Eurocurrency market
(cont.)
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Objectives (cont.)
• To identify the main features of Eurobanking• To illustrate the determination of the bid-offer spread
and the risk premium in Eurocurrency deposit rates• To describe international banking
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The Eurocurrency market
• The market is comprised of banks that accept short-term deposits and make short-term loans in currencies other than that of the country in which they are located
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Eurocurrencies
• US dollar• Euro• Japanese yen• British pound• Swiss franc
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Prerequisites for Eurocurrency centres
• Political stability• Favourable environment for international finance• Good telecommunications system• Favourable time zone• High quality of life
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Eurocurrency centres
• European centres: London, Luxembourg, Paris, Zurich and Frankfurt
• Centres outside developed countries: the Bahamas, Dubai and Hong Kong
• North America and Japan: International Banking Facilities (IBFs) and the Japan Offshore Market (JOM)
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Evolution and growth
• The market started in the 1950s.• In 1957, the Bank of England introduced tight
controls• In 1958, European currencies were made convertible
(cont.)
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Evolution and growth (cont.)
• The rise of oil prices in the 1970s produced huge financial surpluses for oil-exporting countries. These surpluses were deposited at Eurobanks
(cont.)
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Evolution and growth (cont.)
• Eurobanks are efficient because: they are not subject to regulations, such as Regulation Q,
interest equalisation tax no reserve requirements economies of scale
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Features of Eurobanking
• International banking encompasses Eurobanking• Liabilities are time or call deposits• Eurobanks cannot create deposits by writing claims
against themselves
(cont.)
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Features of Eurobanking (cont.)
• Eurobanks accept deposits and make loans in a variety of currencies
• A Eurobank is often a branch of an international bank• There are no formal restrictions on entry
(cont.)
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Features of Eurobanking (cont.)
• Transactions are large• The geographical spread is very wide• The market is not subject to the regulatory measures
of the local authorities
(cont.)
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Features of Eurobanking (cont.)
• The market is dominated by interbank operations• Participants include multinationals and central banks• Eurobanks do not have to hold reserves against
deposits
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Determination of the bid-offer spread in interest rates
• The bid rate is determined by the demand by market makers and the supply of price takers
• The offer rate is determined by the demand by price takers and the supply of market makers
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Interest rate determination
i
MSTD
TS
MD
ai
bi
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The risk premium
• Only borrowers of high quality can borrow at the offer rate quoted by market makers
• Others have to pay a risk premium
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Risk premium associated with low-quality borrowers
Q
iMS
LDHD
ρai
aiρ
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International banking
• International banking operations encompass those conducted with non-residents as well as those involving foreign currencies
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Reasons for the emergence of international banking
• Meeting the needs of foreign subsidiaries• Participation in the FX market• Circumventing capital controls• Provision of custodial services
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Traditional activities
• Export-import finance• Buying and selling foreign exchange• Provision of foreign loans
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New activities
• Dealing in Eurocurrencies• Syndicated Eurocredit• Investment banking
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Innovative activities
• Innovative financing • Global money market• Managing the loan portfolios of developing countries• Private banking
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The organisational set-up
• Correspondent banks • Representative offices • Bank agencies• Foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates • Consortium banks• Global banks
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Correspondent banks
• When a bank has no branch in a particular country it uses a foreign bank located in that country to settle transactions on its behalf
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Representative offices
• A representative office is established by a bank in another country with the primary task of providing information about business conditions in that country
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Bank agencies
• A bank agency is similar to an ordinary commercial bank, except that it does not handle ordinary deposits
• Its function is to deal in money and FX markets, arrange loans and clear cheques
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Foreign branches
• If the volume of international business of the customers of a bank is large enough, it may be viable to open a branch in another country
• Branches are subject to regulation by the home and host governments
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Foreign subsidiaries and affiliates
• These are banks established in another country and owned solely or jointly with other parties
• Unlike branches, they do not have the name of the bank
• The degree of control is greater in the case of a subsidiary
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Consortium banks
• Joint ventures established by large international banks to deal with large companies and governments
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