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What is risk in finance?

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Question added by Basu Dev Pokhrel , Sales Executive , ABC Project Wll
Date Posted: 2016/09/11
Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
by Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

Thanks for the invitation;

"Financial Risk" ( as I believe and not "risk in finance" as mentioned in the question), in a very simple words define as "Uncertainty associated with any financial investment", or "the degree of uncertainty of "return on an asset", and same is usually calculated by using the "The standard deviation" of the return on investment "ROI".

osama faitor
by osama faitor , مدير فرع , المصرف الزراعي

I agree with colleagues Answers

 

I have nothing more to add

Stefanos Sampatakakis
by Stefanos Sampatakakis , Head of Health Sector Coordination , General Secretarial of Governmental Coordination

Since from a business perspective, the ultimate goal for every company is the increase in its profitability, along with the increase in its shareholders value, we could define risk as a state or occasion that jeopardizes the company's profitability and cash inflow. 

Sources of risk vary and have already been stated in previous answers.

I hope I was helpful.

Adil Faisal Abdalla  Mohamed
by Adil Faisal Abdalla Mohamed , customer service advisor , ENBD

Financial risk can be briefly defined as the variability of future returns.

Saeed Ur Rehman
by Saeed Ur Rehman , Senior Manager Audit & Advisory , Afrasiab Tanveer & Co Chartered Accountants

Risk in finance as the name suggests is the risk that involves financial loss to firms. Financial risk is a very broad term but generally it arises due to instability and losses in the financial market caused by movements in stock prices, currencies, interest rates and more. Financial risk is one of the high-priority risk types for every business. Financial risk is caused due to market movements and market movements can include a number of factors.

Financial risk can be classified into various types such as:

  1. Market Risk
  2. Credit Risk
  3. Liquidity Risk
  4. Operational Risk and
  5. Legal Risk.

Ahmed Taha
by Ahmed Taha , Digital Director , Home of Performance

Finance is very much linked with the risk specially when it comes to budgeting and investing 

Vaiyapuri Gopalakrishnan
by Vaiyapuri Gopalakrishnan , Manager - After Sales , M/s Saud Bahwan Automotive llc

Agree on experts answers, Thanks for your invitation.

D S Vik Pahladi
by D S Vik Pahladi , Sales And Marketing Manager , Mauritius Aquarium

Financial risk is the possibility that shareholders will lose money when they invest in a company that has debt, if the company's cash flow proves inadequate to meet its financial obligations. When a company uses debt financing, its creditors are repaid before its shareholders if the company becomes insolvent. Financial risk also refers to the possibility of a corporation or government defaulting on its bonds, which would cause those bondholders to lose money.Financial risk is the general term for many different types of risks related to the finance industry. These include risks involving financial transactions such us company loans, and its exposure to loan default. The term is typically used to reflect an investor's uncertainty of collecting returns and the potential for monetary loss.There are many types of financial risks. The most common ones include credit risk, liquidity risk, asset backed risk, foreign investment risk, equity risk and currency risk.

P A Cariappa Appaiah
by P A Cariappa Appaiah , back office executive , Inspire Hond

After investing a huge investment, with no proper, " ROI" then naturally risk arises.

Maen Al-Rawabdeh
by Maen Al-Rawabdeh , Supervisor Administration , Tornado Group

 Financial risk is an umbrella term for multiple types of risk associated with financing, including financial transactions that include company loans in risk of default. Risk is a term often used to imply downside risk, meaning the uncertainty of a return and the potential for financial loss

Mahmoud Zaher Tarakji
by Mahmoud Zaher Tarakji , مدير , أوال جاليري

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