Ssangyong Oil Refining, the biggest shareholder in Ssangyong Motor, boasts shareholders' equity of 1.1 trillion won and a capital-reserve ratio of 385%.
As for the banks, no doubt the bailouts kept them on life support, but owing to continued federal meddling in their ability to be profitable (think the Volcker Rule, capital reserve requirements, and the aforementioned mortgage modifications to name but three), their decline has merely been delayed.
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When the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board decided to guarantee bank debt and inject capital into our major banks, it started a chain reaction in several sectors of the bond market.
As a bank it faces more intrusive supervision from the Federal Reserve, tougher capital requirements and restrictions on investing.
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Hotels have booked up around prime viewing locations, including the capital Lusaka, the Luangwa game reserve and Kafue National Park.
Among the changes that could be made: streamlining of banks' regulatory structure, the implementation of capital requirements and increased powers for the Federal Reserve.
Last week, the results of the Federal Reserve 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) were announced and fifteen out of the nineteen banks tested passed.
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"Now in its third year, the Federal Reserve's review of capital plans provides a regular, structured, and comparative way to promote and assess the capacity of large bank holding companies to understand and manage their capital positions, with particular emphasis on risk-measurement practices, " Federal Reserve governor Daniel Tarullo said.
BofA and Citi seem likely to resume returning capital to shareholders, after having previous attempts rejected by the Federal Reserve in 2011 and 2012, respectively, while JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and other institutions with more robust balance sheets may be in a position to increase buybacks or offer fatter dividends.
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The central bank last year cut interest rates and raised reserve requirements for foreign and local banks in an unorthodox attempt to deter rising capital inflows.
The bill also curbs proprietary trading by banks and toughens the rules regarding the quality of capital and amounts of capital banks need to hold in reserve.
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The bill also curbs proprietary trading by banks and changes the rules regarding the quality of capital and amounts of capital banks need to hold in reserve.
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Regulators say holding back a small amount of customer cash would decrease the amount of capital that firms would have to hold in reserve and compare the idea to a minimum account balance required by banks.
Yesterday after the market close, the Federal Reserve announced the results of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR).
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Bank of Ireland blamed the rising cost of providing these mortgages and new rules on the amount of capital it must hold in reserve.
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If the Chinese yuan were to appreciate by 10% against the dollar (and other reserve currencies), China would suffer a capital loss worth almost 3% of GDP, the study found.
When banks become members of the Federal Reserve System, which is mandatory for national banks and voluntary for state banks, they have to purchase stock in their local Federal Reserve Bank equal to six percent of their own capital and surplus.
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These developments are likely to result in accelerated decommissioning costs, increased capital expenditures for higher cost replacement generation, lower reserve margins, and higher operating costs at existing nuclear plants as a result of increased scrutiny, more stringent safety procedures, and longer required maintenance outages.
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Debt supercycles and blowouts manufactured by the Federal Reserve were not factors in capital structure consideration or economic life at all.
However, that goal should be achieved outside of housing finance, through appropriate stabilizing measures by the Federal Reserve and through better prudential regulation, and especially higher capital requirements for large systemic financial institutions.
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Last week the Federal Reserve laid out the ground rules for its 2013 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and revealed a significant change for the 19 banks subject to the test.
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The next step in the right direction for CIT may do with a written agreement it has with the New York Federal Reserve about its risk control measurements, loans and leases, capital, liquidity, dividend distribution and much more.
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Evercore Partners analyst Andrew Marquardt maintains his overweight rating on the stock and highlights the revised capital plan the bank will be submitting to the Federal Reserve, which will determine its ability to deploy cash to shareholders, as a factor to watch.
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The bank, along with rivals Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and others, is in the midst of submitting its annual capital plan to the Federal Reserve.
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On June 18, the Federal Reserve and FDIC circulated a letter to banks that proposes to harmonize US regulatory capital rules with Basel III.
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But, as with bartenders who continue to ply drunken patrons with drinks, the Federal Reserve bears a heavy responsibility for creating loads of excess capital in the first place and the Bush White House for winking and nodding while the dollar was being debased.
The digital currency exchange operated by Dominica-based Aurum Capital Holdings, Inc. supports bitcoin as well as Liberty Reserve, Pecunix, Perfect Money, and c-gold and they offer two choices for cashing out into a card-based product.
Thursday, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned of coming bank failures and the need for banks to raise capital to keep lending amid the credit crunch.
Seven years ago, after the near collapse of Long-Term Capital Management , 12 Wall Street firms got together with Gerald Corrigan, a former Federal Reserve Bank president and now a managing director at Goldman, to look at ways to mitigate counterparty risk in the markets.
As the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been examining the question, the debate in Israel has tended to juxtapose the energy security advantages of maintaining a large strategic natural gas reserve against the economic and other benefits of export, which requires scale to justify the considerable capital expenditures to build the required infrastructure.
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