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Conditional VaR

The value at risk (VaR) that, as a risk measure, quantifies the tail risk that an investment portfolio may be...

Component VaR

The value at risk (VaR) that is attributed to a given component of a portfolio. For a portfolio where VaR...

Component Value at Risk

The value at risk (VaR) that is attributed to a given component of a portfolio. For a portfolio where VaR...

Credit Value at Risk

A quantitative measure that is used to estimate the credit risk of a credit portfolio (e.g., a bond portfolio). It...

CVaR

It stands for credit value at risk (VaR); a quantitative measure that is used to estimate the credit risk of...

Credit VaR

It stands for credit value at risk (VaR); a quantitative measure that is used to estimate the credit risk of...

Credit Risk

The risk (danger of financial loss) that arises from the possibility that borrowers in ordinary business dealings and counterparties in...

Collateralization

A contractual clause that is included in derivatives contracts in order to mitigate credit risk. According to a standard collateralization...

Conjectural WWR

It stands for conjectural wrong way risk; a type of wrong way risk (WWR) that comes into play because of...

CCB

It stands for countercyclical capital buffer; a precautionary risk management tool (part of the Basel III agreement) that is used...