**2.2 The functions of international financial markets and financial capital flows**

Financial markets and financial capital flows play an important role in economic life, and if we try to present the most important functions that they can perform, they can be summarized as follows:


*Perspective Chapter: International Financial Markets and Financial Capital Flows... DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102572*

	- a.Efficient pricing: meaning that prices reflect all available information.
	- b.Operational efficiency: meaning that the cost of transactions is minimized compared to the return that these transactions can yield.
	- c.Market justice: meaning that the market provides an equal opportunity for everyone who wants to conclude deals.
	- d.Safety: It means the necessity of providing means of protection against the risks that result from the relations between the parties dealing in the market, such as the risks of fraud, fraud and other unethical practices that some parties intend.
