Market risk
From ACT Wiki
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The risk of losses or other adverse effects resulting from adverse changes in market prices or from unfavourable market conditions including market disruption or new and burdensome regulation.
2.
IFRS 7 defines market risk as the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices.
Market risk comprises three types of risk: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.
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In the Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) 'market risk' is an alternative name for systematic risk.
