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FINANCIAL RISK
• Definition
Financial risk is an umbrella term for multiple types of risk
associated with financing, including financial transactions
that include company loans in risk of default.
Risk is a term often used to imply downside risk, meaning
the uncertainty of a return and the potential for financial loss
• Type of Risk
• 1 Asset-backed risk
• 2 Credit risk
• 3 Foreign investment risk
• 4 Liquidity risk
• 5 Market risk
• 6 Operational risk
Asset backed risk
• Risk that the changes in one or more assets that support an
asset-backed security will significantly impact the value of the
supported security. Risks include interest rate, term
modification, and prepayment risk.
Credit risk
• risk associated with a borrower going into default (not making
payments as promised). Investor losses include lost principal
and interest, decreased cash flow, and increased collection
costs
• investment may directly or indirectly use or rely on repo
3 Foreign investment risk
• Risk of rapid and extreme changes in value due to: smaller markets; differing accounting, reporting, or auditing standards; nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation; economic conflict; or political or diplomatic changes. Valuation, liquidity, and regulatory issues may also add to foreign investment risk
4 Liquidity risk
• This is the risk that a given security or asset cannot be traded quickly enough in the market to prevent a loss (or make the required profit)
• There are two types of liquidity risk
Asset liquidity: An asset cannot be sold due to lack of liquidity in the market
Funding liquidity: Risk that liabilities, Cannot be met when they fall due
5 Market risk
• The four standard market risk factors are equity risk, interest rate risk, currency risk, and commodity risk
Types of market risk
• Equity risk
• Interest risk
• Currency risk
• Commodity risk
OPERATIONAL RISK
• Probability of loss due to changes in
demand, input costs, management,
operating leverage, prices, and other such
factors
• "The risk of loss resulting from inadequate
or failed internal processes, people and
systems or from external events."
Country risk
• Country risk refers to the risk of investing or
lending in a country, arising from possible
changes in the business environment that may
adversely affect operating profits or the value of
assets in the country. For example, financial
factors such as currency controls, devaluation or
regulatory changes
• Legal risk • The cost and loss of income caused by legal
uncertainty, multiplied by possibility of the
individual event or legal environment as a whole.
Legislative risk
Contractual risk
Dispute risk
Non- contractual obligations
Political risk
• Political risk is a type of risk faced by investors,
corporations, and governments. It is a risk that
can be understood and managed with reasoned
foresight and investment
• There are two types
Micro level
Macro level
Valuation risk
• Valuation risk is the financial risk that an asset is
overvalued and is worth less than expected when
it matures or is sold. Factors contributing to
valuation risk can include incomplete data,
market instability, financial modeling
uncertainties and poor data analysis by the people
responsible for determining the value of the asset