Sentences with phrase «capital cushion»

The collapsing economy has created an expanding pile of bad debts that have further burned through Greek banks fragile capital cushion.

'' [A] s liquidity dries up and rates rise, we believe companies with conservative balance sheets and ample capital cushions could fare much better,» she wrote in her 2016 outlook for stocks.

However, for these players it is more difficult to meet the demand of key bank products (such as loans) due to less restricted regulations that force their customers to spend heavily on compliance and maintain large capital cushions.

Bank's ability to absorb such projected losses would depend on their ability to generate revenue in the future as well as on their current capital cushions.

This gives the company a sizable working capital cushion, and there should be no more dilution until construction financing is raised in 2017.

Under the regulations, for example, JPMorgan has to maintain a bigger capital cushions than its peers, a metric that helps determine whether the bank can increase its payments to shareholders.

In legislative language drafted this week, it is seeking to require financial firms that offer customized derivatives to maintain higher capital cushions.

The banks likely could manage a bust in either city; they would feel it, but their capital cushion is bigger than it was before the 2008 crisis and they are among the most profitable financial institutions in the world.

The bank would still be well - capitalized without TARP, but wants to maintain its capital cushion for now, Thomas said.

After Fannie Mae announced today that its fourth quarter earnings plummeted by two - thirds and CEO Tim Mayopoulos said that a lack of a capital cushion could trigger a future draw from the U.S. Treasury, NAHB Chairman Tom Woods issued the following statement calling on Congress to swiftly act on comprehensive housing finance reform:

In the meantime, MF Global and Finra haggled over the size of the capital cushion: the regulator wanted $ 200 million set aside, while the firm pushed for a figure closer to $ 50 million.

If the market moves against their investments and their capital cushion gets eroded to the point where their ability to operate becomes questionable to regulators (or customers), the banks might be forced to sell investments into a falling market in order to preserve solvency.