Exchange quotations and trading
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year
Subject: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FIN 250)
Unit 8: International Corporate Finance
Academic Year: 2083/84
Topic Objectives
After studying this topic, students should be able to:
- Explain the scope and key elements of exchange quotations and trading.
- Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.
Curriculum Scope
- Exchange rates quotations
- Cross rates
- Interbank foreign currency quotations
- Trading in foreign exchange rates: spot rates and forward rates
Detailed Microsyllabus
Exchange quotations
- Direct and indirect quotation conventions.
- Cross-rate calculations.
- Interbank quoted bid and offer information.
Spot and forward
- Immediate versus future exchange arrangements.
- Calculate under a consistent quotation basis.
- Explain spread, timing and contractual assumptions.
Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 80–82.
Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.