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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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Financial Stability Review
25 Apr 2023
FSR
- April 2023
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2023/apr/pdf/financial-stability-review-2023-04.pdf
Australian Banks’ Activities in Derivatives Markets: Products and Risk-Management Practices
5 Feb 2003
Bulletin
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Inaddition, senior management in most banksreceived regular reports outlining the bank’smarket and credit risk exposures. ... Forms of credit risk enhancement, otherthan netting, are not widely used by Australianbanks.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1994/sep/pdf/bu-0994-1.pdf
Limiting Foreign Exchange Exposure through Hedging: The Australian Experience
22 Aug 2006
RDP
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206KB
This type of derivative is therefore primarily used to hedge balance sheet exposure on debt securities and the associated transaction risk on interest payments. ... Another factor may be that longer-term derivatives are seen by banks as a higher credit
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2006/pdf/rdp2006-09.pdf
Financial Stability Review
18 Nov 2022
FSR
- October 2021
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2021/oct/pdf/financial-stability-review-2021-10.pdf
Operations in Financial Markets
31 Aug 2007
RBA Annual Report
– 2007
levels. To minimise its exposure to credit risk the Reserve Bank mainly holds highly rated securities. ... base. Credit exposure to each counterparty is aggregated across all the products in which the Reserve Bank has dealt with that counterparty, with
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2007/oper-fin-mkts.html
OTC Derivatives Reforms and the Australian Cross-currency Swap Market
24 Jun 2013
Bulletin
– June 2013
Reforms to improve the management of counterparty credit risk in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets are underway globally. A key pillar of the reforms is the migration of these markets to central counterparties (CCPs), while higher capital
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/jun/7.html
Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2021
29 Sep 2022
RBA Annual Report
2021
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2021/pdf/2021-report.pdf
Non-dealer Clearing of Over-the-counter Derivatives
20 Mar 2014
Bulletin
– March 2014
In 2009, the G20 leaders agreed that all standardised over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives should be cleared through central counterparties (CCPs). Accordingly, an increasing proportion of OTC derivatives are now centrally cleared, particularly where
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/mar/9.html
Supervision of Market Risk: The State of Play
16 May 1996
Speech
Speech by Les Austin to the AIC Integrated Risk Management Conference, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/1996/sp-ag-160596.html
Collateralised Debt Obligations in Australia
10 Sep 2005
FSR
– September 2005
In the simplest form of a CDO, this credit risk exposure is generated in the same way as for any asset-backed security (ABS): the CDO is backed by outright holdings ... Rather than directly holding a pool of corporate debt as collateral, an equivalent
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2005/sep/collateral-debt.html