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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Liquidity in Fixed Income Markets
16 Jun 2016
Bulletin
– June 2016
Fixed income markets in many jurisdictions have been going through a period of change, resulting in a debate as to whether they are continuing to function effectively, or will function effectively in times of stress. Changes in dealer business
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/jun/7.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
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
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