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''Risk management.''
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The same as 'risk appetite'.
Strictly, an absolute maximum acceptable level of risk.
 
In this strict sense, risk tolerance is the amount of risk that the firm can actually bear.
 
This amount could be represented by its capital, or by an amount of capital above a base amount of capital that cannot be put at risk.  




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An absolute maximum acceptable level of risk.  
The term is also sometimes used more loosely, to mean the same as 'risk appetite'.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Enterprise risk management]]
* [[Guide to risk management]]
* [[Risk appetite]]
* [[Risk appetite]]
* [[Risk policy]]
* [[Risk policy]]

Revision as of 11:31, 2 April 2019

Risk management.

1.

Strictly, an absolute maximum acceptable level of risk.

In this strict sense, risk tolerance is the amount of risk that the firm can actually bear.

This amount could be represented by its capital, or by an amount of capital above a base amount of capital that cannot be put at risk.


2.

The term is also sometimes used more loosely, to mean the same as 'risk appetite'.


See also