Financial risks which are faced by the financial institutions
are Market Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, and
Legal Risk.
- Market Risk : This type of risk arises due to the fluctuations
in the prices of financial instruments.
- Credit risk : This type of risk arises when the customers of
the financial institutions fail to fulfill their obligations
towards the FI. It is the possibility that a customer may default
on loans.
- Liquidity Risk : This type of risk arises out of an inability
of the company to execute transactions. Liquidity risk is the
easily ease convertibility of its assets into cash.
- Operational risk : This type of risk arises out of a company's
ordinary business activities such as mismanagement, technical
failures, fraud risk, personnel problems etc
- Legal risk : These types of financial risk are the risks
related to legal constraints such as lawsuits. These are the
financial losses out of legal proceedings.