"risk position" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to an individual or entity's level of exposure or vulnerability to potential risks or hazards. Example: The company's risk position may be affected by changes in the market, political instability, or natural disasters.
In a conference call with analysts, Mr. Rohner defended the bank's approach as a "dynamic risk position".
"You can tell them that Deutsche Bank remains absolutely rock solid, given our strong capital and risk position.
So if the final number you're giving them is totally different to what they were expecting, it means they don't understand their risk position, their own books, properly.
That team has a passion for details – and a willingness to dive into the numbers in frequent senior management meetings in which they pored over detailed analyses of the firm's entire risk position.
"Here I would start by pointing out they are taking more of a concentrated risk by having their assets concentrated in their business, which ultimately, yes, they control, but it's a very strong risk position.
Traders buy and sell derivatives all day, and at the end of that day we need to know two things: how much money they have made (or lost) and how much money is at risk if the market moves one way or another (their "risk position").
Risk managers use VaR to quantify their firm's risk positions to their board.
"We had clients to worry about, our own risk positions we needed to manage -- and the environment was incredibly volatile".
Mr. Gieve acknowledged the need for work on "liquidity risk management, valuation of complex instruments, disclosures of risk positions and on crisis management".
Goldman Sachs, for instance, moves senior traders to risk positions, making clear that such moves are a step towards the top.
But does anyone really think that the JPMorgan board sits with complex spreadsheets looking at the bank's risk positions?
