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 Sep 2012
FSR
– September 2012
default funds’). Variation or mark-to-market margin is collected from participants on a daily basis to cover the risk exposure resulting from actual changes in the value of their positions. ... Initial margin is also collected for participants' new
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2012/sep/aus-fin-sys.html
The Global Financial Environment
8 Oct 2021
FSR
– October 2021
Faster credit growth – particularly in excess of income growth – raises the risk of households becoming excessively leveraged (including because of unrealistic expectations of ongoing capital gains) and/or the quality of ... so they have increased
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2021/oct/global-financial-environment.html
Box D: Trade Compression
20 Apr 2016
FSR
– April 2016
The process, which can be applied to both bilateral and centrally cleared trades, leaves each counterparty's market risk exposure unchanged (or within a pre-defined range). ... Reforms to counterparty credit risk capital requirements provide another
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2016/apr/box-d.html
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
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
The Australian Financial System
10 Sep 2009
FSR
– September 2009
Despite the recovery in activity, the scale of risk exposure assumed by the central counterparties supporting the equities and futures markets has declined. ... One measure of risk exposure is the value of margin held by the central counterparties in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2009/sep/aus-fin-sys.html
Box A: Recent International Bank Failures – Causes, Regulatory Responses and Implications
6 Apr 2023
FSR
– April 2023
Box A: Recent International Bank Failures – Causes, Regulatory Responses and Implications | Financial Stability Review – April 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2023/apr/box-a-recent-international-bank-failures-causes-regulatory-responses-and-implications.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
The Global Financial Environment
10 Sep 2010
FSR
– September 2010
Difficult conditions also persist for insurance market segments with housing exposure such as US lenders' mortgage insurers and US monoline insurers. ... Authorities also instigated the EU banking sector stress test exercise (discussed in the section on
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/sep/global-fin-env.html
Financial Intermediaries
10 Mar 2004
FSR
– March 2004
Another aspect of credit risk is the concentration of lending to particular clients. ... This risk exposure, however, remains small in comparison to their credit risk exposures.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2004/mar/fin-intermed.html