This has resulted in very large increase in their holdings
of reserve assets (Graph 19).
Not exact matches
Statutory capital and surplus represents the excess
of an insurance company's admitted
assets over its liabilities, including loss
reserves, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices.
In the opinion
of the Company's management, adjusted book value per share is useful in an analysis
of a property casualty company's book value per share as it removes the effect
of changing prices on invested
assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net
of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense
reserves.
Similarly, in a fractional
reserve requirement environment, when the depository institution system adds loans and securities to its
assets, it «pays» for these
asset acquisitions with funds created figuratively out
of thin air.
In addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use
of on -
reserve assets as collateral, lack
of local financial institutions to work with, and lack
of access to angel investment or venture capital.
«In contrast, I disagree with the notion that the large quantity
of reserves resulting from our
asset purchases poses some special barrier to removing policy stimulus when the right time comes.
As a result, risky
asset classes such as equities and commodities will be assigned much higher
reserve requirements than bonds, which is why some insurance industry players are already dumping equities to hold a greater proportion
of bonds.
Millennium Minerals has flagged a $ 76 million impairment on its Nullagine gold operations
assets, on the back
of a material downgrade in ore
reserves.
Beyond the performance
of the
assets in Temasek's portfolio, the market will likely be watching for the company's outlook after Singapore's GIC, which manages the city - state's foreign
reserves, issued a cautious outlook on Monday.
«Others have increased
reserve requirements on foreign purchases
of local
assets, or sought to increase incentives for domestic investors to channel money abroad.»
The ranking was based on five factors: Tier 1 capital compared with risk - weighted
assets; nonperforming
assets against total
assets; loan - loss
reserves to nonperforming
assets; deposits to funding; and efficiency, a measure
of costs to revenue.
The SAFE said that
of the 2015 drop in foreign exchange
reserves, $ 342.3 billion was due to trade and investment transactions while $ 170.3 billion was caused by currency and
asset price changes.
With
assets of $ 118.5 billion, as
of December 31, 2017, MUFG Union Bank has strong capital
reserves, credit ratings and capital ratios relative to peer banks.
Boockvar said that if China were to take such a daring step, it could ruin its chances
of being accepted into the International Monetary Fund's basket
of special drawing rights currencies — IMF - issued
reserve assets — in October 2016.
That means banks will have to have total risk
reserves of 7 %
of weighted
assets.
Known as the limited - liability company (LLC), this structure offers the best
of all corporate worlds for many new businesses: personal -
asset protection (normally available only to shareholders
of C corporations), elimination
of corporate - level taxes (a benefit normally
reserved for partners or S - corporation owners), and flexible ownership rules (which S corporations in particular lack).
Asset allocation The way an investment portfolio is divided among the broader asset classes of stocks, bonds, and short - term rese
Asset allocation The way an investment portfolio is divided among the broader
asset classes of stocks, bonds, and short - term rese
asset classes
of stocks, bonds, and short - term
reserves.
And despite America's spending habits, the greenback is still seen as a safe haven whenever financial crises — including ones caused by Americans — hit because most major countries want to maintain the value
of their national
reserves, which include dollar - denominated
assets.
It cost every man, woman, and child in the United States 2000 dollars each to make sure the executives at AIG who wrote insurance and did not put capital
reserves away to cover it were able to keep their pay, their bonuses, their future bonuses, and all
of their personal
assets.
Households have healthy balance sheets (bank deposits are 50 percent
of household
assets, according to DSG Asia), and China still has the world's largest stash
of foreign exchange
reserves, according to data accessible via Bloomberg.
First, by the end
of 2014, following the large - scale
asset purchase programs, the Federal Reserve balance sheet was funded by about $ 3.1 trillion in liabilities other than Federal Reserve notes, which were mostly in the form
of reserves in excess
of the amount banks were required to hold; in contrast, there were only $ 64 billion
of non-Federal Reserve note liabilities in June 2007,
of which only about $ 2 billion were excess
reserves.
The underlying determinants for these declines are related to the global supply and demand for funds, including shifting demographics, slower trend productivity and economic growth, emerging markets seeking large
reserves of safe
assets, and a more general global savings glut (Council
of Economic Advisers 2015, International Monetary Fund 2014, Rachel and Smith 2015, Caballero, Farhi, and Gourinchas 2016).
In this circumstance, Mr Krugman would be right: the Fed would have to sell vast amounts
of bonds and other
assets, and the $ 1 trillion platinum coin, to drain those
reserves and regain control
of interest rates.
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of this site.
Only 20 %
of the total
reserves can be burned unabated, leaving up to 80 %
of assets technically unburnable.
We make several adjustments to get from reported net
assets to invested capital because companies can hide
assets and liabilities off
of the balance sheet in the form
of reserves, operating leases, deferred compensation, and many other techniques.
According to S&P, coal is poised to see a shrinking share
of the world's power generation market, which could lead to some coal
reserves becoming stranded
assets.
Almost two thirds
of the Peoples Bank
of China's $ 2.85 trillion foreign
reserves are in U.S. dollar
assets.
The Wattenberg Field represents PDC's largest
asset with over 94 %
of the Company's 2016 production and 89 %
of its year - end 2016 proved
reserves.
On the basis
of the «trading desk» adding $ 1
of «free gratis» legal
reserves, the banking system acquires $ 200 in earning
assets.
It proposes to increase its holdings
of «liquid financial
assets» by $ 35 billion in the form
of domestic cash deposits and foreign exchange
reserves.
The Carbon Tracker Initiative, a nonprofit organization that studies carbon budgets, has warned that the remaining vast
reserves of unburnable carbon will become stranded
assets.
Beijing has substantive tools at its disposal: gargantuan foreign exchange
reserves, close control over the conduits
of domestic finance, a current account surplus and a near - monopoly on yuan
assets held on shore.
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What any individual bank needs to hold to maintain its liquidity in the face
of stochastic adverse clearings, in addition
of course to
reserves of outside money, is not one specific type
of earning
asset, but a portfolio that includes enough liquid
assets, meaning
assets that can be sold on short notice with negligible losses from bid - ask spreads.
If 100 percent
of your retirement portfolio is needed to generate dividends for today's income, you don't have enough growth
assets in
reserve.
Today, in contrast, the Fed presides over a vast portfolio, with
assets consisting mainly
of long - term Treasury securities and mortgage - backed securities, instead
of the short - term Treasuries it once held; and that portfolio is funded more by banks» holdings
of substantial excess
reserves than by circulating Federal Reserve notes.
Our Freedom Fund is comprised
of all
of our income - producing
assets such as index - based investments, short - term
reserves and a real estate property.
Upturn in Sentiment Buoys Some Emerging - Market Risk
Assets There has been a welcome stabilization in global financial markets in recent weeks, which has been helped by indications from the European Central Bank (ECB) that it stood ready to expand its quantitative easing (QE) program, the possibility that the Bank
of Japan (BOJ) might do the same, and a decision by the People's Bank
of China (PBOC) to further cut interest rates and relax
reserve requirements.
As at the end
of April, net
reserve assets were $ 23 billion.
This may partly reflect some accumulation
of precious metals as
reserve assets by central banks such as China and Japan.
Bank
reserves deposited with the central bank can be seen as equivalent to the cash
assets of banks.
Throughout the history
of banking, and despite laws that have suppressed commercial banknotes while often imposing minimum (but never maximum)
reserve ratios on banks, bank
reserves have generally constituted a very modest part
of banks» total
assets, and therefore a modest amount compared to their their total liabilities.
Although changes in the size
of the Fed's balance sheet — that is, in its total
assets and liabilities — often involve like changes in the quantity
of high - powered or base money (currency and bank
reserves), and corresponding changes in the total money stock, this isn't always so.
Banks» willingness to accumulate
reserves depends, as I've already noted, on the cost
of holding
reserves, which itself depends on the interest yield
of reserves compared to that
of other
assets banks might hold instead.
For example, if the Fed wants to increase the stock
of bank
reserves by, say, $ 100 billion (admittedly a mere trifle, these days), it has only to purchase $ 100 - billion worth
of Treasury securities or other
assets from dealers in the secondary or «open» market.
Together with an enhanced exploration budget
of $ 125 - million, the objective
of Beyond 20/20 is to maximise the net
asset value
of our existing mines and projects by continuing to grow low - cost gold production from our growing gold
reserves,» Goldcorp president and CEO David Garofalo said in a statement.
The largest component
of foreign exchange
reserves is known as foreign currency
assets (FCA).
The key drivers
of the Savings Glut, however, have weakened or reversed: China's growth is rebalancing toward domestic consumption, and its stock
of foreign exchange (FX)
reserves has declined; other Asian emerging markets have already accumulated sufficient FX
reserves and no longer need to accumulate
assets; and the plunge in oil prices is forcing a number
of oil exporters to reduce savings to delay or smooth the adjustment in expenditures.
The «Gen X» Model: Jude Boudreaux
of Upperline Financial built this fee model around his target client, the Gen X client without large, liquid
asset reserves.