(risk capital)
81risk management — Controlling the probability, and/or the severity, of a potential adverse event so that the consequences of that event are within acceptable limits. Since all risks have, by definition, the potential to generate losses, and since capital is the… …
82capital at risk — A measure of possible worst case losses in excess of the average that is used in banking to calculate both capital requirements and certain performance measures, such as risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC). It is usually based on the value at …
83risk-adjusted return on capital — RAROC A measure of the performance of units within a bank or financial organization, be they managerial units, products, distributional units, or such treasury based units as trading desks. It was developed by Bankers Trust and the Bank of… …
84capital at risk — A measure of worst case losses in excess of the average that is used in banking to calculate both capital requirements and certain performance measures, such as risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC). It is usually based on the value at risk… …
85risk-adjusted return on capital — RAROC A measure of the performance of units within a bank or financial organization, be they managerial units, products, distributional units, or such treasury based units as trading desks. It was developed by Bankers Trust and the Bank of… …
86risk-based capital — Rules for establishing minimum required levels of book capital for financial institutions. Capital is allocated to types of bank assets based upon weightings assigned to those assets. For example, U.S. Treasury obligations and some U.S. Agency… …
87risk analysis — The measurement and analysis of the risk associated with financial and investment decisions. It involves the identification of risk, the classification of risks in regard to their impact and likelihood, and a consideration of how they might best… …
88risk-based capital — /ˌrɪsk beɪst kæpɪt(ə)l/ noun an internationally approved system of calculating a bank’s capital value by assessing the risk attached to its assets (cash deposits and gold, for example, have no risk, while loans to Third World countries have a… …
89Capital punishment — Death penalty and Death sentence redirect here. For other uses, see Death penalty (disambiguation) and Death sentence (disambiguation). Execution and Execute redirect here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation) and Execute… …
90Capital (economics) — In economics, capital or capital goods or real capital refers to items of extensive value. The term can also be applied to the amount of wealth a person controls or is capable of controlling.Capital goods may be acquired with money or financial… …
