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The measure of a potential loss exposure as a result of future market movements, based on a specified confidence interval and measurement horizon.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 41
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_41&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

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The period within which the portfolio of financial instruments is likely to exceed the value-at-risk loss measure if exposure is unchanged, based on a value-at-risk analysis.

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