1. What assets play a major role in the global capital market and form the basis of other types of assets?

2. Whats a eurocurrency?

3. Whats the reference interest rate used in the eurocurrency market?

4. What are the main purposes of the eurocurrency markets?

5. What are the main drives for firms to go international?

6. While financial globalization is beneficial for the firm, it has limits when it comes to the motivations of individuals within and outside the organization. Explain those limits.

7. Choose one currency, write it in a direct and indirect quotation forms against the U.S dollar and explain the exchange rate regime (fixed, semi-fixed or floating) of that country.

8. How do firms go public?

9. How do Shareholder capitalism model and shareholder wealth maximization diff er in their views of risk?

10. Whats the main aim of firms in the shareholder maximization model?