ERM Glossary: Impairment allowance

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A (loan) impairment allowance is a provision held on a balance sheet as a result of the raising of a charge against profit for impairment losses arising in a lending book. An impairment allowance may either be individual (i.e. relating to an individual loan) or collective (i.e. relating to a collection of loans).

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