# Credit enhancement

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- Modified: 2023-07-25T20:59:01+00:00
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## Definition

Generally, measures taken with the aim of reducing credit risk and improving the credit rating of a security. - A contractual agreement under which the bank retains or assumes a securitization position itself. It thereby provides additional protection against loss to a certain extent to other parties to the transaction. - See loan commitment, irrevocable, moral hazard, single master liquidity conduit, securitization, waterfall principle, special purpose vehicle. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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