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31Risk Assessment — The process of determining the likelihood that a specified negative event will occur. Investors and business managers use risk assessments to determine things like whether to undertake a particular venture, what rate of return they require to… …
32Risk measure — Financial institutions, such as banks or insurance companies are required to hold cash reserves as a cushion against default. A Risk measure is used to determine the amount of cash that is required to make the risk acceptable to the regulator.… …
33risk-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… …
34risk-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… …
35Risk aversion — is a concept in psychology, economics, and finance, based on the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors) while exposed to uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather …
36Value of information — (VoI) in decision analysis is the amount a decision maker would be willing to pay for information prior to making a decision. imilar termsVoI is sometimes distinguished into value of perfect information, also called value of clairvoyance (VoC),… …
37Risk arbitrage — Risk arbitrage, or merger arbitrage, is an investment or trading strategy often associated with hedge funds. Two principal types of merger are possible: a cash merger, and a stock merger. In a cash merger, an acquirer proposes to purchase the… …
38Risk-based pricing — is a methodology adopted by many lenders in the mortgage and financial services industries. The interest rate on a loan is determined not only by the time value of money, but also by the lender s estimate of the probability that the borrower will …
39Risk homeostasis — is a risk theory developed by Gerald J.S. Wilde, a professor emeritus of psychology at Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This theory is fleshed out in Wilde s book1.The theory of risk homeostasis states that an individual has an… …
40risk-adjusted return on capital — ( RAROC) An economic approach to measure unit and product profitability within a financial institution. Returns, adjusted to reflect normalized or expected losses, are divided by an amount of capital that is carefully quantified to reflect the… …
