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International Business
9e
By Charles W.L. Hill
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Chapter 12
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Why Do We Have
Capital Markets?
<sub>Capital markets bring together investors and </sub>
borrowers
<b><sub>investors</sub></b><sub> - corporations with surplus cash, </sub>
individuals, and non-bank financial institutions
<b><sub>borrowers</sub></b><sub> - individuals, companies, and </sub>
governments
<b><sub>markets makers</sub></b><sub> - the financial service companies </sub>
that connect investors and borrowers, either directly
(investment banks) or indirectly (commercial banks)
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Who Are The Main Players
in Capital Markets?
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What Makes The Global
Capital Market Attractive?
<sub>Today’s capital markets are highly </sub>
interconnected and facilitate the free flow of
money around the world
<sub>Borrowers benefit from the additional supply of </sub>
funds global capital markets provide
<sub>lowers the </sub><sub>cost of capital</sub>
<sub>Investors benefit from the wider range of </sub>
investment opportunities
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How Have Global Capital
Markets Changed Since 1990?
<sub>Global capital markets have grown rapidly</sub>
<sub>the stock of cross-border bank loans was just $3,600 </sub>
billion in 1990, but $32,430 in 2010
<sub>the international bond market has grown from $3,515 </sub>
billion in 1997 to $26,613 in 2010
<sub>international equity offerings were just $18 billion in </sub>
1990, but grew to $750 billion in 2009
<sub>The growth in the markets is a result of</sub>
1.Advances in information technology
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What Are The Risks Of The
Global Capital Markets?
<sub>Question:</sub>
<sub>Could deregulation of capital markets </sub>
and fewer controls on cross-border capital flows
make nations more vulnerable to the effects of
speculative capital flows?
<sub>can have a destabilizing effect on economies</sub>
<sub>2008-2009 global financial crisis</sub>
<sub>Speculative capital flows may be the result of </sub>
inaccurate information about investment
opportunities
<sub>if global capital markets continue to grow, better </sub>
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