Originally, regulators disagreed, saying that expected losses should be counted in the asset base.
However, the company is now realigning its asset base, revamping management and selling non-core assets.
Barclays is appealing against this verdict, which can reduce its asset base by that value.
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Their primary investing goal is the expansion of their asset base, but they maintain large cash piles.
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Much of the asset base came from court-ordered payments from settlements of fraud and other regulatory lawsuits.
But for that strategy to work, each ETF needs to have a large asset base to cover its costs.
He sees this type of development as an unrivalled promotional activity, the modern way to unlock a phenomenal asset base.
Seeing a potential for the industry despite its tiny asset base and somewhat disreputable image, FORBES put a spotlight on funds.
There is no doubt that the company has weathered a difficult period and should benefit from sustained growth in its asset base.
Despite being a broader portfolio tracking a more widely followed benchmark, its small asset base provides a shallow market for its shares.
Securitised subprime mortgages destroyed the asset base of banks, and with it, the trust and confidence upon which the financial system depends.
Since this asset base is marked-to-market, it is subject to sharp fluctuations.
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Not only is it reminiscent, it also is tied by the inclusion of an Abacus CDO as part of the asset base of Squared.
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As a major integrated oil operator, it carries a huge cyclical element in its earnings and asset base of refining, marketing and chemicals production.
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Banks that must increase their ratios can only do so in one of two ways: raise fresh capital or shrink the size of their asset base.
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He will set them after he has decided how big Railtrack's asset base is, and how much investment the company is likely to make in the next five years.
Not so long ago, utilities increased the bottom line by expanding their asset base, but that is not necessarily the case today and even less likely to be so tomorrow.
But even the positive numbers ignore the fact that Enron was at the same time dramatically increasing its asset base through mergers and by issuing debt (not even considering unreported debt owed by the off-balance-sheet partnerships).
That would put large money managers like mutual funds on the hook to make investment decisions that would directly benefit their fundholders instead of passing along costs that only build their asset base and increase their fee income.
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Sunil Garg, a banking analyst at JPMorgan in Hong Kong, said in a note that HSBC would probably be able to fund the acquisition internally, with the purchase representing 3.5% of its asset base, or an 80-basis-point impact on its Tier 1 capital ratio.
Scale enables BlackRock to spread costs associated with personnel and technology setup over a larger asset pool and investor base letting it charge a more competitive investment advisory fee while maintaining higher operating margins.
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Charles MacKinnon of Thurleigh Investment Managers also argues that shares in global firms with a diversified profits base are an attractive asset class in an era when governments are generally trying to reduce the value of their currencies.
The brokerage house recorded a wider than expected loss for the second quarter and announced asset sales to shore up its capital base.
Sports programming is an attractive asset for broadcasters and advertisers, thanks to a loyal base of male fans who listen or watch in real time.
The asset expansion has produced a sharp rise in bank reserves, and hence the monetary base, which is composed of bank reserves and currency outside the banking system.
Sports programming is an attractive asset for broadcasters and their advertisers because it is typically watched or listened to in real time by a loyal base of male fans, who tend to be big consumer spenders but can be hard to reach for advertisers.
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