By the end of June 2012, banks are expected to establish a core-capital ratio of 9%.
The Bank of England's Financial Stability Review shows that Barclays' retail banking loans in Spain, Italy and bailed-out Portugal are equivalent to a bit more than its core equity capital - its buffer against losses.
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And Nationwide's balance sheet, on paper at least, is stronger than that of any of the big banks, with loss-absorbing core capital equivalent to 12.5% of risk-weighted assets, 2.5 percentage points higher than the banks' capital ratios.
By raising money, BoCom's core Tier-1 capital ratio will jump from a barely adequate 8% to more than 10.4%.
Its core, tier-one capital, at 6.2%, looks low, but the reduced dividend may help shore it up.
Economists pay close attention to so-called core capital goods orders because they strip out more volatile defense and aircraft orders.
The big banks will breathe a sigh of relief that 10% is expected to emerge as the new norm for their core capital ratio - partly because they have taken pre-emptive action and already meet that target.
CRD4 will oblige banks to increase the portion of best-quality "core capital" to 4.5%, from the current 2%, that they hold.
The bank's so-called core Tier 1 capital ratio under new regulations known as Basel III rose to 8% from 6% a year earlier, then dropped to 7.8% after the bank provisioned for legal costs.
The bank's profit number beat consensus forecasts by about 5 per cent, and the core tier one capital ratio -- a key measure of financial strength -- was also slightly ahead of expectations at 12.3 per cent.
Although he had the support of the business community, he appears not to have regained the backing he lost last year from his core middle-class supporters in the capital, Colombo.
Mr Miles said that the optimal ratio of core tier one equity capital to risk-weighted assets would be 19%.
The move was made as European insurers face increasing pressure at home to boost capital and dispose non-core assets.
Instead, he said, BofA would meet capital requirements by selling non-core assets and normal earnings power.
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Like Heineken, Diageo is a core holding in Sizemore Capital portfolios as a long-term play on the rise of the emerging market consumer.
And with the bank working hard raise capital through the sale of any non-core or loss-making assets, it was only a matter of time before the insurance division was targeted.
He refused to be drawn on what the final outcome would be, but he did not deny that expectations of banks such as HSBC that they'll be forced to hold what's known as core tier one capital equivalent to around 10% of risk-weighted assets are in the right ballpark - or about 3 percentage points more than the new 7% minimum for all banks.
Since this would force banks to write off all goodwill against banks' core capital, this might result in a flurry of end-year deals.
The head of the bank has been under pressure to revive the struggling bank and increase capital by increasing earnings, selling off non-core business units and cutting costs.
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On Dexia, it was only on July 15 that the European Banking Authority disclosed that this retail and public-sector finance bank would have a ratio of core Tier One capital to assets of 10.4%, even after incurring notional losses from harsh simulated financial and economic conditions.
His plan to boost capital levels by cutting billions in costs and selling non-core assets appear to be working.
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" Pandit also reaffirmed his committment to stabilizing Citi's capital base and said he is still looking at "non-core assets and businesses.
Increases last month in both orders and shipments of core capital goods suggest businesses spent more on equipment and software in the January-March quarter.
That said, he expects a new focus on shedding non-core assets and improving operating performance, which should lead to better opportunities to deploy capital to shareholders, an attempt at which was shot down by the Federal Reserve after the 2012 CCAR.
Most of the French and German capital deficit should be remediable through selling shares to investors or selling non-core assets, without recourse to taxpayers.
BofA will describe those sales as a way to exist non-core businesses but make no mistake it is also using it as a way to raise capital.
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Analysts believe the lender could have a core tier one capital ratio of close to 20 per cent initially, falling to 9 per cent -- the level required by the troika agreement -- in three years' time once losses have been incurred and recognised.
In order to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and allocate scare capital more judiciously, Vale has embarked on a program to sell a number of non-core assets.
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