Current regulations and capital requirements tend to focus on the safety of institutions taken in isolation.
Dedio says his return expectations for banks overall are lower because the capital requirements are higher.
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The regulator could establish minimum capital requirements for the two companies and limits on their portfolios.
Instead, he said, BofA would meet capital requirements by selling non-core assets and normal earnings power.
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Broadly, Basel 2 banks are likely to have lower minimum capital requirements than Basel 1 banks.
So they're asking them to increase their capital requirements and tighten up their lending criteria.
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Higher capital requirements for banks should prevent a rerun of some of the recent excesses.
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Capital requirements need to be revamped so that banks accumulate more reserves during the good times.
Next year will undoubtedly see more of them, perhaps another increase in capital requirements.
It is set to recommend stricter capital requirements for British banks than those being imposed elsewhere.
Margin requirements, variable capital requirements have to be re-introduced, that is my personal position.
However, higher capital requirements could hamper the growth of available funds from the bank.
So clearly, the capital requirements, the riskiness of the two different loans, are entirely different.
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It reaffirmed that it continues to maintain a surplus over all regulatory capital requirements.
High capital requirements may prompt foreign firms to choose their local partners with extra care.
The committee wants to expand capital requirements to cover, for example, operational and interest-rate risks.
So does the Basel committee which is drawing up new rules for banks' capital requirements.
It will suggest incorporating a leverage ratio into bank-capital requirements, to supplement the existing risk-weighting of assets.
This is the reason for capital requirements and the Volcker Rule, which tries to restrict risk-taking.
Not so, say the investment banks, which could well face higher capital requirements to redress their follies.
These accords are a global regulatory standard on bank minimum capital requirements, bank liquidity, and bank leverage.
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Another example of individuals getting in the way of well-intentioned rules relates to new capital requirements for banks.
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Poor returns coupled with high capital requirements makes various fixed-income units ideal candidates for downsizing or complete exits.
But worries about wobbly European banks are causing disputes over the implementation of new Basel III capital requirements.
The implementation date includes both the liquidity rules for lenders and the respective capital requirements for the banks.
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For yes, 17% capital requirements would indeed increase the safety of the banks.
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They had hoped that new capital requirements would nudge the two biggest banks to cut back on risky activities.
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For many activities, and thus for a fair few banks, the new regime implies big changes in capital requirements.
If the loans default, Emigrant and the Milsteins pay, in the form of lower earnings and higher capital requirements.
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This matters because the regulatory and capital requirements as well as business risks are wildly different for each industry.
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