Credit risk is the possibility of losing a lender holds due to a risk of default on a debt that may arise from a borrower failing to make required payments...

Sovereign credit risk is the risk of a government of a sovereign state becoming unwilling or unable to meet its loan or bond obligations leading to a...

A credit rating is an evaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor (an individual, a business, company or a government), predicting their ability...

main risks faced by banks include: Credit risk: risk of loss arising from a borrower who does not make payments as promised. Liquidity risk: risk that...

how the market views credit risk of any entity on which a CDS is available, which can be compared to that provided by the Credit Rating Agencies. Some...

market risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, business risk and investment risk. The four standard market risk factors are equity risk, interest rate risk, currency...

risk management is the practice of protecting economic value in a firm by managing exposure to financial risk - principally operational risk, credit risk...

standardized approach (or standardised approach) refers to a set of credit risk measurement techniques proposed under Basel II, which sets capital adequacy...

assessed the buyer's credit risk – i.e. that the applicant will be able to pay for the goods – it will issue the letter of credit, meaning that it will...

significantly from the average. Credit risk Default (finance) List of countries by credit rating Alessi, Christopher. "The Credit Rating Controversy. Campaign...