International Finance 2 min read
International Bond Markets
Unlike Equity and Money markets, there is no specific bond market to trade bonds. However, there are domestic and foreign…
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Advanced Concepts 2 min read
Semiconductor Diodes
It is now some 50 years since the first transistor was introduced on December 23, 1947. For those of us…
International Finance 1 min read
Financial Crises and Liquidity
In financial crises, central banks need to provide liquidity to stabilize markets, as risks may trade at premiums (money rates)…
International Finance 1 min read
A System for Transactions
As competition grew, a transaction-system to handle the transactions in IMM was required. The CME and Reuters Holdings introduced Post…
International Finance 1 min read
Driving Forces of Financial Globalization
When we talk about financial globalization, there are four major factors to be considered. They are – ● Advancement in information and…
International Finance 1 min read
The Drawbacks of Currency Futures
The challenge of the IMM was in connecting the values of IMM foreign exchange contracts to the interbank market, which…
International Finance 1 min read
The International Monetary Market
The International Monetary Market (IMM) was formed in December 1971 and was established in May 1972. The roots of IMM…
General Concepts 5 min read
Satellite Relay Systems
The use of satellites is a highly developed technology utilized extensively throughout the world. In the past 2 decades, it…
International Finance 2 min read
International Money Market
The international money market is a market where international currency transactions between numerous central banks of countries are carried on.…
International Finance 1 min read
Money Market
A money market is one of the safest financial markets available for currency transactions. It is often used by the big financial…
General Concepts 10 min read
Radio navigation Systems
In the 1930s, improved radio direction-finding techniques and better equipment led to the establishment of systems called radio beacons. These…
International Finance 2 min read
Indirect intervention
Capital controls (taxing international transactions) and exchange controls (restricting trade in currencies) are indirect interventions. Indirect intervention influences the exchange…
