Interest Rate Risk Case Study

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Interest rate risk: Interest rate risk is the potential loss due to interest rates movements. It arises because the assets of the bank usually have a significantly longer maturity than its liabilities. Interest rate risk management is also called asset-liability management (or ALM). Foreign exchange risk Foreign exchange risk is the potential loss due to change in the value of the assets or liabilities of the bank resulting from the fluctuations in exchange rate. Banks transact for their customers or for the banks’ own accounts. Any adverse movement can degrade the value of the foreign currency and causes bank’s loss. Commodity risk Commodity risk is the potential loss due to an adverse change in the prices of the commodity. These commodities …show more content…

It didn’t have a large depositor base. Northern Rock was only able to fund a small part of its new loans from deposits. So, it financed new loans by selling the loans that it originated to other banks and investors. This process of selling loans is known as securitization. Northern Rock then took short-term loans to fund its new loans. So, the bank was dependent on two factors— availability of credit in financial markets to fund those loans and demand for loans, which it sold to other banks. When markets were under pressure in 2007–2008 it wasn’t able to secure short-term credit as well as the bank wasn’t able to sell the loans it had originated. Due to the financial crisis, a lot of investors took back their deposits. Bank faced severe liquidity crisis. Northern Rock got a credit line from the government. But the problem arises, and the government took over the bank. Wilful Default As per Circular issued by RBI on July 1, 2014, a "wilful default" would be deemed to have occurred if any of the following events is noted: - (a) The unit has defaulted in meeting its repayment / payment obligations to the lender even when it has the capacity to honour the said

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