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* [[Exchange-for-value system]]
* [[Exchange-for-value system]]
* [[MCT]]
* [[MCT]]
* [[Operational risk]]
* [[Pre-settlement risk]]
* [[Pre-settlement risk]]
* [[Price risk]]
* [[Price risk]]
* [[Prime bank]]
* [[Prime bank]]
* [[Principal risk]]
* [[Principal risk]]
* [[Putting a limit on losses]]
* [[Replacement cost risk]]
* [[Replacement cost risk]]
* [[Reputational risk]]
* [[Risk mitigation]]
* [[Risk mitigation]]
* [[Sovereign risk]]
* [[Sovereign risk]]
* [[Putting a limit on losses]]
* [[Transaction risk]]





Revision as of 11:23, 10 February 2017

1.

The risk that a counterparty will not settle an obligation for full value, either when due or at any time thereafter.

In exchange-for-value settlement systems, the risk is generally defined to include both replacement cost risk and principal risk.


2.

A weighted measure reflecting both the maximum possible amount of the credit loss (also known as the credit exposure), and the likelihood of such loss.


See also


Other links

Credit risk, Will Spinney, ACT 2008