International Financial Management

BFW2341 International Financial Management

Individual Assignment S2 2018 (15%)

This assignment consists of two parts. The first part requires students to write an essay to

evaluate certain aspects of government intervention in the foreign exchange market. The second

part requires students to submit reflective writing on the learning process in this subject. The

detailed instructions are as follows.

Part 1: Evaluation of government intervention in the foreign exchange market (12%)

You shall discuss an episode of government intervention in the foreign exchange market and

evaluate the intervention. Your essay should at least include the following:

 A brief introduction to the event and your essay.

 Summary of the event:

o Accurate description of the foreign exchange market situations that lead to

government intervention.

o Identification of the methods and mechanisms of the intervention.

 Discuss the pros and cons of the intervention.

 Discuss the results of the intervention.

 Evaluate the intervention.

The material on government influence on exchange rate can be found in chapter 6 of the

prescribed text book and section 6-3 and 6-4 of the book discuss the direct and indirect

government intervention in the foreign exchange market. Please note that your evaluation must

be supported with sufficient evidence in the form of credible references as well as statistics. You

shall cite your references properly.

The word limit for this part is 1,000 words.

Part 2: Reflective writing (3%)

Reflecting on your learning journey in this subject, write a reflective essay on what learning

method works and what does not? What are the learning skills you obtain in this course? How

do you think this course would benefit your future?

The word limit for this part is 200 words.

Submission

 Students shall combine the two parts of this assignment in one pdf file.

 Students must submit their assignment to Turnitin to check for plagiarism. The acceptable

similarity index is below 10%. Students will have 2 attempts to submit to Turnitin.

 Submission will be done through Moodle only and consists of 1) the essay in pdf format and

2) the Turnitin report.