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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Banker's payment]]
* [[Banker's payment]]
* [[Covenant]]
* [[Credit default swap]]
* [[Credit default swap]]
* [[Credit derivative]]
* [[Credit derivative]]

Revision as of 15:43, 11 January 2014

  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.


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Other links

Credit risk, Will Spinney, ACT 2008