Sentences with phrase «regulatory capital»

Our lawyers have deep experience with regulatory capital requirements and regularly represent underwriters and issuers, including banks, insurance companies, specialty finance companies and other financial enterprises.

It had warned that it could be in breach of regulatory capital requirements following a $ 225 million loss.

Many of the recommendations call for eliminating the opinions of the ratings agencies from anything that might determine regulatory capital levels.

Many of these assets must be sold off or run down as firms try to improve their balance sheets to meet new regulatory capital requirements.

As a general question regarding bank valuations - I am a little unclear on the proper regulatory capital to focus on.

Specifically, regulators are worried about banks with commercial real estate loan exposure that represents more than 300 percent of their total regulatory capital.

The WesTS were issued on August 31, 2006, and do not qualify as non-viability contingent capital («NVCC») under the Basel III regulatory capital requirements.

Compared with regulatory capital ratios, however, the measures suggest less improvement in banking system resilience since the pre-crisis period.

Compared with regulatory capital ratios, however, the measures suggest less improvement in banking system resilience since the pre-crisis period.

Banks are definitely selling commercial loan notes left and right to private investors, even sometimes in cases where the notes ARE PERFORMING, if the bank has a need (reducing required regulatory capital, regulatory pressure, Board mandates, etc.) to divest themselves of a particular asset class.

The off - balance sheet vehicles have been used by financial institutions to keep some assets off their balance sheets, thereby avoiding the need to hold regulatory capital against them.»

Banks and insurers issue hybrids to raise money that can count as regulatory capital under the prudential standards that apply to banks and insurers.

Lloyds Bank on matters including liability management transactions and offerings of regulatory capital securities, senior debt and structured notes

International, voluntary regulatory capital standards for banks are developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

«Dennis Heuer is known for his broad knowledge and innovative work in structured finance including secured and asset - based lending and regulatory capital transactions.»

Hargreaves Lansdown said Friday it would not be paying a special dividend this financial year as the financial services firm claimed it would not have a sufficient regulatory capital stimulus.

They did so to avoid ancillary costs that included opportunity costs stemming from regulatory capital requirements imposed on «aged» fails (starting at five days overdue), increased labor costs of diverting back - office personnel to reduce the backlog of unsettled trades, and customer dissatisfaction.

Bank of America revised its previously announced regulatory capital ratios downward and suspended its share buyback, the company said Monday.

This regime will be designed to ensure that, in the unlikely event a systemically important bank depletes its capital, the bank can be recapitalized and returned to viability through the very rapid conversion of certain bank liabilities into regulatory capital.

«JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s losses in the 2012 London Whale case were the result of CDS [Credit Default Swap] usage which was undertaken to obtain regulatory capital relief on positions in the trading book.»

BNP is a globally diversified financial institution that produces roughly USD 18 billion in profits annually (before accounting for bad debt reserves), generates ample cash flow and has excess regulatory capital on its balance sheet.

The wealth manager's leading position in the annuities market reflects its marketing prowess, attractive pricing and the stringent regulatory capital requirements that have made the products less attractive for major Australian banks, according to analysts from Morningstar.

A major challenge is that it has a higher - risk business model than other wealth managers, because its core annuities operation is a life business and has to generate returns on investment above guaranteed annuity payment commitments to satisfy regulatory capital requirements.

As I've said before, it is impossible to set regulatory capital levels or subordination levels for assets that have not been through a failure cycle.

Now, I would not be so certain that an interpretation of SFAS 140 would force Fannie or Freddie to raise capital — GAAP accounting often has little to do with regulatory capital rules.

The Federal Reserve announces that it is reviewing regulatory capital requirements for banking organizations in response to a decision by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to address weaknesses in accounting and disclosure standards for off - balance sheet vehicles.

While further acquisition (s) may raise the level of capital required, the current regulatory capital surplus of GBP 36.3 mio certainly offers plenty of scope for further returns of capital.

Ingrid's practice covers OTC derivatives, structured derivatives and structured finance, including credit linked notes, repackagings, project, leveraged and Islamic finance hedging, transactions for regulatory capital purposes, and the restructuring of such arrangements.

James has also advised on numerous transactions, including on the group regulatory capital implications of acquisition structures and multijurisdictional regulatory approvals.

On Nov. 9, 2012, the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, and the FDIC announced that proposed rules to implement the Basel III regulatory capital accords will not take effect on Jan. 1, 2013.

These newly proposed rules will serve to implement Basel III, the most recent revision to international bank regulatory capital standards, in the U.S..

LBG's position was that it was sufficient that changes in regulatory capital requirements meant that the ECNs could no longer assist LBG in passing the December Stress Test.

The New York State Department of Finance oversaw the formation of the Trust and will oversee its ongoing operations — meaning that the Trust has to meet high regulatory standards, pass regulatory exams and maintain the required regulatory capital to back up client assets.

Paul joins QuantumJurist from Nomura, where he focused on legal and regulatory matters, including supporting implementation of Basel III regulatory capital requirements.

By requirement of our trust charter, the itBit Trust Company holds regulatory capital, meaning that we back our U.S. customers assets with capital held in escrow for safety and soundness purposes.

Upon the sale, liquidation, or re-privatization of the institution, the bondholders would receive the portion of the proceeds that are not required as regulatory capital.

Against this backdrop, U.S. regulators have proposed comprehensive new regulatory capital requirements for U.S. banking organizations.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group on matters including offerings of regulatory capital securities, senior debt and exchange traded notes, and in connection with the IPO of Citizens Financial Group Inc

It's also why the Financial Stability Board recommended a leverage ratio to supplement risk - based measures of regulatory capital.

The company's focus for the program remains consistent with the Task Force's vision of a commercially responsible insurance initiative: premiums charged in a particular policy year are intended to match, to the closest extent possible, the projected defence, indemnity and administrative costs, plus meeting regulatory capital requirements.

«While our fourth - quarter results reflected the impact of a significant noncash charge due to tax reform, the impact on our regulatory capital was much less significant,» Corbat said.

Rather than doing away with the need for a CCP like The Clearinghouse or Euroclear, this blockchain essentially acts as an uber - CCP with all the collateral, margin and regulatory capital requirements associated with the current transaction clearing system.

«Insular» CBA hit with $ 1b capital charge: The prudential regulator's report into CBA said its «continued financial success dulled the senses of the institution» and it has forced the bank to carry an extra $ 1 billion in regulatory capital.

On May 1, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority released the findings of an independent inquiry which criticised CBA as complacent and insular, demanding it carry an extra A$ 1 billion in regulatory capital and implement a list of fixes.

Under the regulatory capital guidelines currently applicable to bank holding companies (Basel 1), the firm's Tier 1 capital ratio (11) was 13.8 % and the firm's Tier 1 common ratio (12) was 12.1 % as of September 30, 2011, compared with 14.7 % and 12.9 %, respectively, as of the end of the second quarter of 2011.