FIN 4634 (FIN 4634)

1. What were RBC’s ultimate goals in opening a representative office in Thailand? In the first few years of 1980’s, RBC had to close its only representative office in Bangkok due to political and economic problems present in the country at the time. Despite this fact, about a decade later Royal Bank of Canada was granted a Bangkok International Banking Facility license, giving RBC a whole new opportunity to grow in Thailand. Not only, RBC firmly believed that Thai financial market had a...

Florida International University - FIN 4634 Royal Bank of Canada Case (answered) / FIN 4634 case study. 1. What were RBC’s ultimate goals in opening a representative office in Thailand? 2. How large is the initial staff for the office and what is the estimated pretax profit? 3. What are RBC’s four major business lines in its Asia Pacific network? 4. What are the limitations of BIBF licenses? 5. What are the advantages of the possible upgrading of RBC’s operations in Thailand t...