Search: credit risk/exposure
RBA Glossary definition for credit risk/exposure
credit risk/exposure – The risk that a counterparty will not settle an obligation for full value, either when due or thereafter. In 'exchange-for-value' systems, the risk is generally defined to include replacement risk (the risk of having to replace a contract at a potentially unfavourable price) and principal risk.
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The Australian Financial System
10 Mar 2010
FSR
– March 2010
Given concerns about sovereign credit risk in smaller European countries, it is worth noting that Australian bank exposures to these countries are very small (Table 4). ... Mark-to-market margin has similarly declined. The central counterparties also
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/mar/aus-fin-sys.html
Robust Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
Risk management necessarily involves questioning standard assumptions and encouraging outside-the-box thinking. ... Against that background, the experiences of many central banks over recent decades highlight two basic types of risk exposure in monetary
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/archer-levin.html
Trading in Treasury Bond Futures Contracts and Bonds in Australia
18 Sep 2014
Bulletin
– September 2014
Treasury bond futures are a key financial product in Australia, with turnover in Treasury bond futures contracts significantly larger than turnover in the market for Commonwealth Government securities (CGS). Treasury bond futures contracts provide a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/sep/6.html
CCPs and Banks: Different Risks, Different Regulations
17 Dec 2015
Bulletin
– December 2015
Recent debate on the adequacy of regulatory standards for central counterparties (CCPs) has often drawn on the experience of bank regulation. This article draws out the essential differences between CCPs and banks, considering the implications of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/dec/8.html
Structural Features of Australian Residential Mortgage-backed Securities
18 Jun 2015
Bulletin
– June 2015
This article provides a summary of structural features typically found in Australian residential mortgage-backed securities and their evolution over the past decade. Understanding the structural features of the securities is essential to the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/jun/6.html
The Global Financial Environment
10 Mar 2013
FSR
– March 2013
Because a prolonged period of low interest rates can result in a build-up of credit risk long before inflation starts to rise, the authorities have instead sought to restrain mortgage ... There has been some media speculation that the Chinese authorities
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2013/mar/global-fin-env.html
Regulating the New Financial Markets | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
Conferences
The traditional approach has been to focus primarily on the risk to investors. ... Finally, concerns about counterparty risk do not provide a strong case for official regulation.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/dale.html
Derivatives – Bank Activities and Supervisory Responses
10 May 1995
Bulletin
– May 1995
Transactions in derivative products can be characterised as ‘zero-sum games’ where those seeking to reduce their risk exposure (to, for instance, a rise in the exchange rate) pay another party ... Sometimes, where the bank chooses to be the risk
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1995/may/1.html
A Banker's Perspective on the Future of the Financial System | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
Conferences
Another area of concern grows out of the rapid increase in risk exposure by many of the emerging non-bank players in the financial system. ... Overlaying all of the above is the technological revolution in risk information processing.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/ferguson-w.html
Managing Market Risk in Banks
10 Dec 1996
Bulletin
– December 1996
In this way they provide a summary measure of the risk exposure generated by a given portfolio. ... This is a quite separate matter from the analysis of any credit risk on the balance sheet (the risk that counterparties may default).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1996/dec/1.html