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12 March, 2022

Explain different types of risks faced by a financial institution

 As per BB guideline different types of risks faced by a financial institution are:

1. Residual risks: Collaterals can pose the risks like legal and documentation risks

2. Credit concentration risk: Exposure in the same economic or geographic sector and/or in dependent industries

3. Interest rate risk: It in banking book has to be taken into account as a

potential risk.

- Gap or mismatch risk

- Basis risk

- Net interest position risk

- Embedded option risk

4. Liquidity risk:

- Term liquidity risk

- Withdrawal/call risk

- Structural liquidity risk

- Market liquidity risk

5. Settlement risk: It arises when an executed transaction is not settled

6. Reputation  risk:  It  arise  due  to  lack  of  compliance,  customer-friendly service, fair market practices, failure to deliver on commitments, high costs, etc.

7. Strategic risk

8. Environmental risk: The uncertainty or probability of losses that originates from any adverse environmental or climate change events.

9. Other material risks