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Presents a description of international equity markets, including comparisons of the U.S., Japanese, and British markets and recent trends toward deregulation of these markets. The decision focus of the case is on the initial public offerings of British Telecommunications stock. The offering was part of a broader privatization program begun by the U.K. government in 1981. The issue was offered simultaneously in four markets: London, New York, Tokyo, and Toronto. The case is written from the perspective of Morgan Stanley, underwriters of the U.S. offering, and focuses on the issues of pricing foreign equities, differences in underwriting practices and securities regulations across markets, structuring an installment sale of equity, and hedging foreign exchange risk on a purchase of foreign equities.