Primary navigation:

QFINANCE Quick Links
QFINANCE Topics
QFINANCE Reference
Ask the Financial Experts Add the QFINANCE search widget to your website

Home > QFINANCE Dictionary > Definition of counterparty risk

Return to Bolivia
Definition of

counterparty risk

Risk

risk associated with other party to contract the possibility that the person or persons with whom a contract exists will fail to fulfill the terms of their side of the contract

Recommended Further Reading (Term count)
  • Austria
  • Understanding and Using Currency Swaps
    This checklist explains what a currency swap is and why it is used. Currency swaps are sometimes called cross-currency swaps.
  • How the Settlement Infrastructure Is Surviving the Financial Meltdown
    by Yves Poullet
    While the headlines are dominated by the plight of the banking sector, and the wider economic implications of the financial crisis, it is our job to make sure that the securities settlement infrastructure on which you have come to rely continues to function well. As if that was not challenging enough these days, we are committed to delivering an infrastructure that offers even greater efficiency, with reduced risk, and at the lowest possible...
  • Managing Counterparty Credit Risk
    by David Shimko
    Counterparty risk is the risk to each party of a contract that the counterparty will not live up to its contractual obligations; it is otherwise known as default risk.Counterparty risk relates closely to performance risk. It arises whenever one entity depends on another to honor the terms of a contract. If a parts supplier fails to provide steering wheels to General Motors, GM will be damaged because of its inability to deliver complete cars....

Definitions of ’counterparty risk’ and meaning of ’counterparty risk’ are from the book publication, QFINANCE – The Ultimate Resource, © 2009 Bloomsbury Information Ltd. Find definitions for ’counterparty risk’ and other financial terms with our online QFINANCE Financial Dictionary.

Back to top

Related

Most Viewed

Recommended

Latest

Related Blog Posts

More related Blog results

 
QFINANCE www.qfinance.com