Knowledge in the fields of finance and accounting.

The syllabus contents are taught through oral expositions of the themes, supported by documentation previously prepared and made available to the students.

The Curricular Unit intends to complement the student’s preparation for the financial decision-making process in a business context. Given the other Finance Curricular Units of the Course syllabus, the following complementary topics will be addressed here: acquisitions, mergers and restructurings, and international finance. It is intended, therefore, that students become familiar with using methodologies and analysis techniques within the scope of these specific themes.

I – Mergers and acquisitions

   1. Framework

   2. Terminologies and concepts

   3. Combinations in the form of mergers and acquisitions

  4. Methods of financing and settlement of the acquisition and the corresponding premiums

  5. Horizontal acquisitions and mergers

  6. Vertical acquisitions and mergers

  7. Conglomerates or aggregation

  8. Concentric Mergers and Acquisitions

  9. Merger by incorporation

  10. Merger by setting up a new company

II – Introduction to International Finance

   1. The internationalization of companies

   2. The big blocks of international trade

   3. The international financial system

  4. The European case

  5. The main financial institutions of the SMI

  6. The Foreign Exchange Market

  7. Exchange Systems

  8. Spot and forward foreign exchange market

  9. Basic behavior in the foreign exchange market

  10. Exchange rate determinants

  11. Risk in international finance

  12. Currency risk management

  13. The spot and forward market

  14. Financial risk and hedgling

  15. Internal means of hedging foreign exchange risk

  16. The forward contract

  17. Swaps

  18. Futures and options contracts

  19. Means of settlement

  20. International financing

NAO

Main:

Eduardo Sá Silva, ‎Carlos Mota, ‎Mário Queirós (2016), Finanças e Gestão de Riscos Internacionais:, 2º Edição, Vida Económica.

Ferreira, Domingos (2002), Fusões, Aquisições e Reestruturações de Empresas – Vol. I, Edições Sílabo.

Pacheco, L., Tavares, F., Salazar, V., Vieira, E., & Peguinho, C. (2017). Finanças Internacionais: Teoria e prática. Editora Sílabo.

Shapiro, A. C., (2001), Foundations of Multinational Financial Management, 4th Edition, Wiley, John & Sons, Inc. Textos

Weston, J. Fred, Mark L. Mitchell and J. Harold Mulherin, (2004), Takeovers, Restructuring and Corporate Governance”, 4th edition, Pearson: New Jersey.

Complementary:

Baker, H. K., & Nofsinger, J. R. (Eds.). (2010). Behavioral finance: investors, corporations, and markets (Vol. 6). John Wiley & Sons.

David K. Eiteman, Arthur I. Stonehill, Michael H. Moffett (2015), Multinational Business Finance, Pearson

Demirag, Istemi e Goddard, Scott (1995). Financial Management for International Business. Mcgraw- Hill.

Ferreira, Domingos (2006), Opções Financeira Avançadas, Gestão dos Riscos Cambiais e de Taxa de Juro, VAR, Opções Exóticas e Produtos Híbridos, Estratégias Complexas, 1º Edição, Edições Silabo

Ferreira, Domingos (2009), Opções Financeira – Gestão de Risco, Especulação e Arbitragem, 2º Edição, Edições Silabo

Ferreira, Domingos (2010), Futuros e Outros Derivados, 2º Edição, Edições Silabo

Levi, Maurice (2009). International Finance. 5th Edition. Routlege.

Madura, Jeff (2018). International Financial Management. 13 Edição. Florida Atlantic University.

Michael H. Moffett, M. Edgar Barrett (2001), Cases in International Finance, Addison Wesley

Steiner, Robert (2012). Mastering Financial Calculations, A Step-By-Step Guide To The Mathematics Of Financial Market Instruments, Pearson Education Limited