The course aims at helping students acquire the knowledge in developing a bank's strategy in its quest for business opportunities across borders and addressing issues faced by bank managements in cross border operations. 

The first part of the course looks at Bank Management in Greater China region, so as to prepare students for a professional life in that particular context. 

The second part of the course examines bank risk management in the international context. Important issues are country and sovereign risks, as well as bank counterparty risk, including the regulatory environment under which banks operate in other jurisdictions. 

Students are given an opportunity to prepare a special report on a specific topic in a particular country or in a particular group of countries in order to apply to real life issues the theoretical concepts developed in the course. The assignments are presented and debated with the other students.

Students are required to pass both coursework and examination components in order to pass the course.