General Risk Definition

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The chance or possibility of damages, loss, injury or other adverse consequences.

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Chance - the likelihood or probability of an event happening

Adverse consequences - the potential outcome is regarded as negative. It is a potential occurrence that people trying to avoid. This is also called the downside of risk.

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4 major risk categories:

Credit

Market

Liquidity

Operational