regulatory capital

Banks also saw an opportunity to free up regulatory capital.

That unit has an estimated $170 million in regulatory capital.

In the future there will be closer links between the concepts of economic and regulatory capital.

Any further additions would be a blow for the company, whose regulatory capital is $928 million short of the required $1.3 billion.

He pointed specifically to cost containment programs and an increase in the bank's regulatory capital.

There the regulators seized two institutions that had more than $500 million of regulatory capital left.

Particularly welcome are the efforts to match regulatory capital more closely with risk profile.

The bottom line is that there is no right amount of regulatory capital.

The risk profile is different from the regulatory capital determined under Pillar 1.

Drexel had about $500 million in excess regulatory capital when the transfers began.

Firms have to meet their minimum regulatory capital requirement.

Lincoln has $20 million in regulatory capital, although the bank board is likely to reduce the value of some of its assets.

A rating system solely devised for calculating regulatory capital is not acceptable.

They are able to apply 45 percent of the value of these portfolios toward their regulatory capital requirements.

Oxford said it had obtained this temporary financing in order to meet the regulatory capital requirements of various states.

Loans made to banks or securities firms subject to regulatory capital requirements come under this category.

Banks rated four stars or more are considered "safe, financially sound and operating well above their regulatory capital requirements."

This is described as a "strong financial position", with its regulatory capital amounting to three times the statutory requirement.

Trust preferred securities are used by bank holding companies for their favorable tax, accounting, and regulatory capital treatments.

It improves the supervisory regime currently in place, which is primarily based on regulatory capital requirements.

Improved calibration of the risk functions, which convert loss estimates into regulatory capital requirements.

A bank buying protection can also use a CDS to free regulatory capital.

Columbia said it had failed to meet any of the Government's three regulatory capital requirements as of the end of last year.

King stressed that he did not think banks did not have high enough regulatory capital ratios.

There is an inherent conflict of interest if market participants devise internal credit risk assessments for their own regulatory capital requirements.