specific risk

1. (1) (in SYSC) unique risk that is due to the individual nature of an asset and can potentially be diversified.45
2. (2) (in GENPRU and BIPRU180) the risk of a price change in an investment due to factors related to its issuer or, in the case of a derivative, the issuer of the underlying investment.45

[Note: paragraph 12 of Annex I of the Capital Adequacy Directive]180