Risk capacity
FRM Part 1 glossary · Foundations Of Risk Management
Definition
The maximum risk an organization can absorb without breaching regulatory, solvency, liquidity, or survival constraints.
Risk capacity in plain English
Capacity is a hard boundary set by resources and obligations, whereas appetite is the smaller amount management chooses to take.
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