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The risk that the other party to a securities transaction will not fulfil their obligations. In other words, if you are buying and the seller will not supply the scrip or if you are selling and they will not pay. These days, the counter-party risk is largely absorbed by all organised exchanges. Only those instruments which are not traded on an organised exchange (like Contracts For Difference) still run counter-party risk.