770G19 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Nationalekonomi, Företagsekonomi
International Finance and Fixed Income Management
Active · next start HT 2026
59%
passed the latest ordinary exam
EXAM · 23 Oct 2025 · 22 students
80%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
EXAM · 139 students
Unusually hard in 2025/26
59% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (22 students), against 85% on average in earlier years (117 students).
Exam
EXAM Examination
- VG
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
80% passed · 139 students
- 59%22
- 63%27
- 94%33
- 100%17
- 83%40
Re-exams
71% passed · 28 students
- 80%10
- 88%8
- 50%10
- Pass the re-exam: 71% (28 students), compared with 80% (139 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 34% (167 students)
Show small sittings (7)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 50%4
- 100%3
- 0%1
- 33%3
- 75%4
- 100%3
- 75%4
About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should be able to - demonstrate a theoretical and practical knowledge of money markets, bond markets and foreign exchange markets, and the main types of financial instruments that are traded with on these markets. - independently analyse pricing of interests and currencies. - independently analyse risks that arise and are handled on money, bond and currency markets, and apply financial methods for risk management within the framework of these markets.
Content
The course covers, inter alia, the following: - The money and bond market from a Swedish and international perspective. - Pricing of interest bearing instruments. - Interest rate formation and yield curve from a Swedish and international perspective. - Risks and risk management on the money and bond market. - Foreign exchange markets and the market conventions regarding currencies. - Pricing of currencies and parity conditions. - Risks and risk management on the foreign exchange market with a focus on term contracts and swaps. - Handling of currency exposure from a business perspective.
- Examiner
- Bo Sjö
- Main field of study
- Nationalekonomi, Företagsekonomi