A Project Report on “Swot Analysis of Indian Foreign Exchange Markets"

Page 3: Introduction to the Financial System Page 7: Commercial Banks Page 12: The Share Market and the Corporation Page 15: Corporations Issuing Equity into the Share Market Page 19: Investors in the Share Market Page 24: Short-term Debt Page 28: Medium- to Long-term Debt Page 32: Interest Rate Determination and Forecasting Page 37: The Foreign Exchange Market Page 40: Factors that Influence the Exchange Rate Page 42: Futures Contracts and Forward Rate Agreements Page 47: Options

The exchange rates risk that is associated with economic, transaction, and translation exposure in Indian market. From the analysis, anticipate the fluctuations that seem to occur in the next 24 months

Maximising long-term value for its customers, shareholders and its employees is the organisation’s main strategic priority. Commonwealth bank’s strategy is to create long- term value and maintaining competitive advantage by differentiating itself from its competitors.

The expansion of new markets – foreign exchange and capital markets are linked globally. They operate 24 hours a day with dealings any where in the world possible in real time. Financial deregulation and the floating of the Australian dollar since 1983 intensified the impact of globalisation on the Australian economy.

At the end of World War Two, the Bretton Woods system was established for world currencies. This system involved countries fixing their currencies to the US Dollar, which in turn was tied to the value of gold at a fixed exchange rate of $35 per ounce. As this was a fixed exchange rate system it effectively forced countries to pursue a certain monetary policy, in order to keep their currency pegged to the Dollar and in turn the value of gold.

•     The expansion of new markets – foreign exchange and capital markets are linked globally. They operate 24 hours a day with dealings any where in the world possible in real time. Financial deregulation and the floating of the Australian dollar since 1983 intensified the impact of globalisation on the

In the similar time period Japanese Yen has been in the third position with a turnover position of 20.8% in the year 2005. The overall financial market currency structure has seen a decline in the turnover position of the US Dollar to 85% from a strong position of 88%. Similarly a decline has been in the position of the Japanese Yen to 17.2% from an acceptable turnover position of 20.8%. While considering the trend of these two currencies during the period starting from 2007 and ending at 2010, it is to be noted that minute changes were seen in the two different currencies with regards to their share in foreign currency market. The US Dollar witnessed a continued fall to 84.9% from its previous 85.6% however, the Japanese Yen saw a rise from its previous position of 17.2% to an increase of1.8% that is 19%. During the same time period the US dollar and Japanese Yen were the second most traded paired currencies and was traded at around 14% of the overall foreign currency market second to the US Dollar and Euro pair. Conclusion The foreign exchange market has seen considerable changes owing to the global financial crisis. It is to be seen how different factors like economy and global politics further impact strong currencies like the US Dollar and other competing currencies such as the Japanese Yen.

Introduction: The following business paper will conduct a SWOT analysis, VIRN analysis, a determination of an generic strategy, and finish with a recommendation for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada. When determining the analysis of the above statements, internal and external factors are considered when making conclusions. This paper will answer the questions of what the company should focus on, where the strengths currently are, if opportunity is available, and what the organization should focus on in order to compete more effectively against its competitors. This paper will also underline the key threats that the organization must be aware of, and the reasoning to why remaining innovation and the providing differentiated products is essential for the bank.

In 2008 the central bank licensed certain sellers to set prices in foreign currencies. It was favorable for the sellers because they bought products abroad in foreign currency. This practice was used not only by the sellers with the permission but it was widely adopted.

Businesses in the same industry compete against each other to meet their organization goals and sustain competitive advantage over one another. But to meet those goals, it’s important for businesses to analyze their internal and external environment to allow them to come up with new business strategies beneficial to the business. Firms can use SWOT as a starting point. SWOT is a basic technique that can be used by business owners to analyze their business and industry condition (Dess, G., Lumpkin G.T., Eisner, A., McNamara, G, 2013). Using SWOT will help business owners understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of their business. It would help them analyze and come up

The company consistently provides superior customer services to its clients before and after providing investment solutions (Invesco Ltd., 2013).

The bank known as “Hong Leong Bank” or “Bank” is one of the public listed company on Bursa Malaysia. The bank is member of the Hong Leong Group Malaysia which call “the Group”. The group is based headquartered in Malaysia, since 1968 the bank has been invoved by giving financial services in the industry through Hong Leong Finance Berhad and through Dao Heng Bank Ltd. in Hong Kong since 1982 however the Dao Heng Bank Ltd. has been sold to another banking instiuition. The history started its beginning in 1905 located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia under the name of Kwong Lee Mortgage and Remittance Company and then in 1934, incorporated as Kwong Lee Bank Ltd.. In year of 1989, it was renamed under MUI Bank which operating about 35 branches. In January 1994, the Group acquaired MUI Bank

i.e. SEBI acted as a nodal point and a navigator in entire proceeding of F I Investment and it registration in India. These regulations continue to maintain the link with the government guidelines by inserting a clause to indicate that the investment by FIIs should also be subject to Government guidelines. This linkage has allowed the Government to indicate various investment limits including in specific sectors. With coming into force of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, (FEMA), 1999 in 2000, the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 were issued to provide the foreign exchange control context where foreign exchange related transactions of FIIs were permitted by RBI. A philosophy of preference for institutional funds, and prohibition on portfolio investments by foreign natural persons has been followed, except in the case of Non-resident Indians, where direct participation by individuals takes place. Right from 1992, FIIs have been allowed to invest in all securities traded on the primary and secondary markets, including shares, debentures and warrants issued by companies which were listed or were to be listed on the Stock Exchanges in India and in schemes floated by domestic mutual funds.

In recent years, globalization has become one of the most popular term involving in many business articles and speeches. Globalization has brought both advantages and disadvantages to the world in many aspects, from economy to culture. Along with the trend is the expansion of multinational company. Nowadays, it is common to see a company with operations in many countries. In order to penetrate to a new country, every entrepreneur should have a SWOT analysis about the country to know about its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The analysis will help the entrepreneur to find a proper strategy for the company to operate in the new country. This SWOT report will analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of

As even after partial convertibility of rupee, foreign exchange value of rupee remained stable. Full convertibility on current account was announced in the budget 1993-94. From March 1993,