refers to individual loans and essentially measures (1) the standalone probability that the borrower will be able to repay, (2) the ultimate loss in the case of a borrower default after use of collateral and other mitigating factors.
is concerned with measuring correlations between group borrower and the effects of diversification, the cyclicality of collateral values and the implications of reputation and contagion effects in micro-credit.
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Credit Risk Types
Credit risk comprises of two types. Filter the +/- signs to view the contents
Individual Credit Risk
Individual credit risk (Transaction risk)
refers to individual loans and essentially measures
(1) the standalone probability that the borrower will be able to repay,
(2) the ultimate loss in the case of a borrower default after use of
collateral and other mitigating factors.
Portfolio Credit Risk
Portfolio credit risk
is concerned with measuring correlations
between group borrower and the effects of diversification, the
cyclicality of collateral values and the implications of reputation and
contagion effects in micro-credit.