Omar Hamdy

Glossary. Regulation, risk and disclosure

Stress testing

Stress testing

Measuring losses under a severe but plausible shock.

Usage: Gulf texts often use «اختبارات التحمّل».

اختبارات الضغط

قياس الخسائر عند صدمة شديدة لكنها ممكنة الحدوث.

المصدر: الصحافة المالية العربية

Source of the Arabic term: Established Arabic financial press

Why a lender reads this

Regulators and DFIs set what a lender must disclose and how it treats climate risk. These terms decide what goes in the annual report, the credit memo and the reply to the regulator.

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