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(CMA).


Financial risk in the Capital asset pricing model means the component of total risk resulting from a firm’s capital structure.  
The UK government department responsible for promoting competition, within and outside the UK, for the benefit of consumers.


The more net debt in the capital structure, the greater the financial risk.
The CMA:
*Inquires into mergers, markets, trade practices and the regulation of the major regulated industries under competition law; and
*Enforces consumer protection legislation to tackle practices and market conditions that restrict consumers' choice.




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The CMA was formed by the merger of the Competition Commission with certain responsibilities of the Office of Fair Trading.


The term is also used more generally to mean the wider risk of uncertain financial outcomes. 


For example the risks arising from not knowing the home currency value of a foreign currency receipt in the future, or the uncertainty regarding the size of future interest payments on floating rate borrowings.
==See also==
* [[Antitrust law]]
* [[Challenger bank]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[Federal Trade Commission]]
* [[Financial Conduct Authority]]  (FCA)
* [[Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee]]  (JROC)
* [[Merger]]
* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]  (PRA)
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Supervision]]


 
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
== See also ==
* [[Asset beta]]
* [[Business risk]]
* [[Capital asset pricing model]]
* [[Equity risk]]
* [[Financial price risk]]
* [[Ungeared beta]]
 
 
==Other links==
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8443  Masterclass: Measuring financial risk, Will Spinney, The Treasurer]
 
[[Category:Business_and_Operational_Risk]]

Latest revision as of 12:50, 20 January 2024

(CMA).

The UK government department responsible for promoting competition, within and outside the UK, for the benefit of consumers.

The CMA:

  • Inquires into mergers, markets, trade practices and the regulation of the major regulated industries under competition law; and
  • Enforces consumer protection legislation to tackle practices and market conditions that restrict consumers' choice.


The CMA was formed by the merger of the Competition Commission with certain responsibilities of the Office of Fair Trading.


See also

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