"Banks also keep certain voluntary buffers above our required minimums, and those buffers will vary somewhat from time to time — nothing in the S.C.B. rule adopted today gives banks an incentive to reduce those buffers," he said.
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Kiwibank maintains adequate buffers over regulatory minimums, and while its buffers are smaller than those of peers, its access to capital through its shareholders is considered stronger.
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Another four will need to have additional capital buffers of 0.5 percent as of next year, while two banks will have to add capital buffers of 0.25 percent.
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Bank Capital and Liquidity Buffers: The Federal Reserve is encouraging banks to use their capital and liquidity buffers as they lend to households and businesses who are affected by the coronavirus.
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" These substances are what Edmonds refers to as "buffers.
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Capital buffers were moderate relative to the banks' risk profiles.
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Elli currently has no other available or committed liquidity buffers.
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The banks have adequate buffers to withstand negative sector trends.
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Among other risks for Nigeria, Emefiele cited low fiscal buffers.
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The bank's liquidity buffers have modestly declined but remain ample.
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That will erode capital buffers—their ability to withstand future losses.
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Capital ratios are maintained, with solid buffers over regulatory minimum requirements.
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Maybe she thinks she's above punishment, that her power buffers her.
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Systemic risk buffers have been applied in some other EU economies.
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Moreover, the vaunted liquidity buffers of China's financial system are fraying.
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The group currently has no other available or committed liquidity buffers.
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Fitch considers CIBC's solid capital position as buffers to potential risks.
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Liquidity buffers mainly consist of cash and high quality sovereign bonds.
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FITCH - EXPECTS HONG KONG'S CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL BUFFERS TO NEVERTHELESS REMAIN INTACT
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Instead it is moving to let banks shave their capital buffers.
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You might think of liberal democracy as democracy with legal buffers.
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" Because capital buffers are "needed most at the worst moments of economic turmoil," requiring the most influential banks to keep their buffers intact during stress tests "would make the financial system more resilient under extreme stress.
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We believe that the society maintains solid buffers over regulatory minimum requirements.
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This suggests online platforms act as safety nets and buffers against violence.
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European banks' capital buffers have risen by 50% since 2007, to $1.5trn.
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Similar buffers should be used when building new residential neighborhoods and schools.
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This would shrink the buffers it enjoys over the metrics of peers.
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Systemic risk buffers have been applied in some other European Union economies.
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These factors are counterbalanced by SAIB's limited capital buffers compared with peers.
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Regulators have encouraged the banks to dip into those buffers for lending.
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However, we expect the bank to maintain comfortable buffers over minimum requirements.
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Many lack the buffers to defend against capital losses as yields rise.
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Mm-hmm. It's like the 103K buffers, in each of the buffering.
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The bank has ample loss-absorbing buffers to protect creditors against downside risks.
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The meticulously calculated buffers were then no match for the massive financial crisis.
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"Moreover, banks and other financial institutions have sizable loss-absorbing buffers," he said.
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Then the line ends at buffers in Hunchun, a border city near Russia.
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But because they are insufficiently specialised, GPUs have been hitting the buffers, too.
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When I stream video, it stops or buffers and that&aposs super annoying.
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It had previously said legislative measures on buffers were possible but not certain.
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However, capital buffers are strong and can absorb sharp increases in impairment charges.
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There are some buffers which they have which will prevent a systemic meltdown.
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The proceeds of the sale could be retained to bolster the buffers directly.
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They also consider weaker earnings and lower capital buffers than higher-rated peers.
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Regarding fiscal policies, the ongoing broad-based expansion calls for rebuilding fiscal buffers.
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German life insurers' capital buffers are being reduced by ongoing low interest rates.
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The current minimum, including the D-SIB and capital conservation buffers, is 8%.
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The lenders with the largest losses and smallest capital buffers began to topple.
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Metro raised 375 million pounds to bolster its capital buffers earlier this month.
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Tier 1 and total capital buffers at Level 1 and 2 were higher.
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Regarding fiscal policies, the Governing Council reiterates the need for rebuilding fiscal buffers.
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This moderately enhanced capital buffers against the backdrop of weak internal capital generation.
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The banks have built up substantial capital and liquidity buffers in recent years.
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Their capital buffers have also been run down and handed to the government.
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Previous big exchange mergers, such LSE and Deutsche Boerse, have hit antitrust buffers.
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"The country should continue building resilience and buffers against external shocks," Guriev said.
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These buffers are, however, mitigated by the small size of the bank's equity base.
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Significant capital and liquidity buffers in the banking sector mitigate financial and economic risks.
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Tier 1 and total capital buffers at Level 1 and Level 143 were higher.
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The VR also reflects sizeable capital buffers and improving risk controls under new management.
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At end-3Q16, the bank had modest capital buffers over domestic regulatory minimum levels.
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Cecabank maintains satisfactory loss-absorbing buffers over regulatory minimums, despite its small capital base.
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Still, some bankers worry their buffers for bad loans may not be high enough.
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National monuments serve as irreplaceable buffers on lands that are critical for military readiness.
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Capital buffers continue to be weak despite relatively high reported capital adequacy ratios (CARs).
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PA), to hold sufficient financial buffers, the so-called Total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC).
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The 0003 systemically important banks (excluding Otkritie) complied with current capital requirements including buffers.
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"Banks should now prepare for worse times by building up adequate buffers," he said.
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However, the build-up in FX reserves and current account surpluses provide significant buffers.
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And because they are so numerous, they serve an ecological role as prey buffers.
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With the new, high-speed Canon cameras, the buffers are more than 200 pictures.
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Authorities have few options for absorbing shocks beyond resorting to fiscal and external buffers.
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However, the ratings agencies say the country has sufficient buffers to withstand debt pressures.
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European banks have cleaner balance sheets and stronger capital buffers than a decade ago.
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Most would begin with minor duties, with many buffers between them and the president.
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In our view, the bank's capitalisation is maintained with moderate buffers over regulatory minimums.
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The modern world weakened religion and the family, the emotional buffers that provided comfort.
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All of these intermediary associations or buffers have eroded by at least two forces.
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But for the large banks, for the 250 plus banks or the large and complex banks that have trading operations, I think it is very important to make sure we safeguard those liquidity buffers they've built, safeguard those capital buffers they've built.
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The financial system continues to be sound with financial institutions operating with sufficient liquidity buffers.
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New safety buffers and litigation provisions that banks are required to hold cannot be helping.
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The UK and Swiss GTUBs have built up buffers of bail-inable holding company debt.
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"When I am watching a video I can play this while it buffers," said another.
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Whereas social support buffers against depression, a lack of it exacerbates our vulnerability, Hidaka explains.
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This is due to its reasonable buffers in terms of capital, reserve coverage and earnings.
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The reduction will bring down the amount required for capital buffers, the Bloomberg report said.
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They need higher oil prices to break even fiscally and they have lower fiscal buffers.
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Meanwhile, reserve buffers and less reliance on hard currency debt will help EMs manage rebalancing.
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Banks are required to hold those capital buffers under rules meant to prevent taxpayer bailouts.
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These additional buffers - "Pillar 2" - consist of a mandatory as well as a recommended part.
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This reflects banks' solid capital buffers, strong liquidity, stable deposit-based funding and moderate profitability.
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The transactions have available buffers to absorb losses before CE is depleted beyond original levels.
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On the positive side, the ratings continue to consider HCFB's reasonable capital and liquidity buffers.
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AUBUK's liquidity buffers are strong, but also a necessity given its highly concentrated deposit base.
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The same is true of Spanish banks should they issue buffers of 'tier 14' debt.
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The closer it gets to the time of his announcement, the more the feed buffers.
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The bank may raise fresh equity in the near term, which would bolster capital buffers.
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Substantial financial buffers are available to be drawn down if required to support the economy.
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If any of these things happen, we may not have the buffers to protect ourselves.
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Responsive parenting, professional intervention and other steps can act as buffers that mitigate the trauma.
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The bank's current liquidity position is strong, with strong buffers held over minimum regulatory requirements.
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They are struggling to build the infrastructure needed to prevent the economy hitting the buffers.
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Efforts to strengthen the banks have resulted in better buffers to withstand risks, he noted.
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The last thing you want is a workstation that buffers when you truly need it.
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Regulators increased banks' capital and liquidity requirements: bigger buffers against losses and liquidity droughts, respectively.
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However, DHFL's profitability would need to improve if it is to sustain higher capital buffers.
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It listed new capital buffers and new stress tests for mortgage applicants, among other measures.
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That's because power grids have small buffers as electricity cannot be stored easily and transported.
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"I would make the point though that you cannot have an endless increase in buffers without it pushing it," he said, adding that "we'd be back to review" if there were further increases in the two main buffers set down by the country's central bank.
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Building strong fiscal buffers, he boasted, prepares Germany for financial storms that may be brewing elsewhere.
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Non-systemically important banks' requirements (including buffers) are slightly lower at 5.75%, 7.25% and 9.25%, respectively.
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At the same time, countries where government debt is high need to continue rebuilding fiscal buffers.
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Alloy Wire has, in fact, been taking on extra warehousing and building up its own buffers.
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That excess cash would result from likely reduced requirements for banks to retain buffers against emergencies.
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Ratings for commodity exporters build in some tolerance for price shocks, particularly where buffers are large.
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Japanese banks have sufficient buffers to endure a shock of the scale of the Lehman crisis.
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They hold ample liquidity buffers (especially ABB) and can rely on parent liquidity support if needed.
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Such a squeeze hurts the banks' ability to rebuild the capital buffers that make them safe.
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In Saudi Arabia, fiscal buffers might be exhausted within five to six years without any adjustments.
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However, this year buffers will be divided between capital requirements and non-binding "guidance", Nouy said.
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Insufficient adjustments to prolonged weak energy prices could further erode fiscal buffers and pose financing challenges.
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SJ: I was about to ask you that, do you think their capital buffers are sufficient?
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This will continue testing STFC's earnings and core capital buffers, although they are satisfactory for now.
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Many are turning to non-lending activities to shore-up eroding capital buffers and boost income.
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The uplift does not apply to SCBS as the bank does not benefit from similar buffers.
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Without sufficient investment, the buffers of capacity that ensure reliability will grow thin; disaster might strike.
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Instead, the plan allows the firms to retain more earnings and thereby grow its capital buffers.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union meant that Russian forces lost Belarus and Ukraine as buffers.
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The Irish government has accumulated substantial fiscal buffers to offset those external risks, S&P noted.
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Banks have seen their funding costs rise and capital buffers eroded by the rising bond yields.
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"More attention should be given to establishing appropriate policy buffers to mitigate future shocks," Rosengren says.
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Such sales are normally carried out at a loss, requiring lenders to have ample capital buffers.
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Transactions that have amortised will have larger buffers against losses, due to increased credit enhancement (CE).
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During his term Van Dijkhuizen sought to further cut costs and improve the bank's capital buffers.
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Bank of India's capital buffers are the lowest among its peers and an inability to materially improve capital buffers through fresh capital injections could lead to further rating action on the bank's VR. The theme of consolidation among public-sector banks has gained momentum in recent months.
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Intel said patches to the microcode will help clear the processor's buffers, preventing data from being read.
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French banks continued to build their capital buffers in 2016, with cooperative banking groups leading the way.
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At the same time, households' high wealth levels and savings ratios serve as buffers to this risk.
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Mazroui, president of OPEC, also said the organization was incentivizing all its members to have capacity buffers.
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Such costs would certainly hurt the banks' shareholders and perhaps oblige them to strengthen their capital buffers.
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A buffer is a chunk of audio that is continually recorded over — by definition, buffers aren't archived.
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That goes against a decade's worth of financial regulation, which has sought to bolster banks' capital buffers.
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The uplift does not apply to SCB China as the bank does not benefit from similar buffers.
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The authorities should encourage banks rather than forcing them through regulations to raise buffers further, he said.
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This leaves money managers with few buffers against big political missteps by Prime Minister Theresa May's government.
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The bank says it is comfortable with its capital buffers because of its lower-risk retail model.
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It's about confronting the inaction from media and A-listers that currently buffers and protects Allen's reputation.
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Second-tier lenders are in a more vulnerable position, lacking the robust buffers of their larger counterparts.
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But they're also looking at hedges, buffers, and other ways to truncate some of the tail risk.
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That's below a regulatory threshold of 150 percent, as rising bad debt write-offs erode capital buffers.
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The proposed changes "weaken the buffers that are core to the resilience of our system," she added.
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Given the capital and liquidity buffers on their balance sheets, the likes of JPMorgan can afford it.
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The big downside is that alcohol alone with no other buffers can be very drying to skin.
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Along Australia's coasts, these oceans act like buffers and help moderate the climate in cities like Sydney.
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Countercyclical buffers are requirements that are imposed on top of other capital demands a bank must meet.
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Other similar UK property funds have remained open, with many saying they were holding larger cash buffers.
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As it stands now, the Federal Reserve funds the consumer bureau, which buffers it from political pressure.
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That would also include requiring banks to raise their own capital buffers and bolster deposit insurance. 8.
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They estimated the new government's measures would have a 60 basis point impact on banks' capital buffers.
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It is common for sophisticated attackers to put in attribution "buffers," making internet-mediated attacks less traceable.
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"Being prudent, having more capital, we all want that but at some point enough is enough and if they keep on building buffers and buffers, Europe will not grow, banks in Europe will have increasing problems and they will have less inclination to lend," Botin told investors in London.
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However, the bank maintains liquidity buffers well above the local requirements in both local currency and U.S. dollars.
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All companies are exposed to refinancing risk given their reliance on short-term debt and tight liquidity buffers.
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Capitalisation is broadly commensurate with BBVA's risk profile as the bank has solid buffers above minimum regulatory requirements.
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"UAE banks also benefit from high buffers in the form of strong capital and solid profitability," it said.
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The rest came from coastal development, which reefs help to protect by acting as buffers against rough seas.
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Countries lacking fiscal and external buffers may have to make pro-cyclical spending cuts to narrow twin deficits.
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Eliminating VBR would increase network congestion, bringing data-buffers into play to deal with information overflow and underflow.
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BRAINARD SAYS 'COUNTERCYCLICAL' CAPITAL BUFFERS FOR BANKS COULD ALLOW LOW RATES TO CONTINUE WHILE KEEPING FINANCIAL RISKS CONTROLLED
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The FCC ratio was a solid 19.4% at end-103 and provided significant capital buffers over regulatory minimums.
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UK banks are on track to build buffers to meet MREL requirements set by the Bank of England.
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Our view is that the banks' capital buffers are limited, considering the risks to which they are exposed.
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Since taking charge of the firms, the Treasury has absorbed their profits and run down their capital buffers.
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Stern says simple gestures lift someone's spirits and "buffers the couple" when they're experiencing unpleasant or negative times.
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However, in most countries banks have adequate loss-absorption buffers that should support their ratings, says Fitch Ratings.
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The buffers declined steadily between 2008 and 2016, and Fitch expects capital to remain under pressure in 2017.
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The fund sees high risks from euro zone countries with high debts that are not building sufficient buffers.
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UBB UBB's VR primarily reflects the bank's substantial capital buffers, solid pre-impairment profitability and limited refinancing risks.
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Ordinarily there would be buffers to cushion against such shocks, but Mr Jonathan's cronies have largely squandered them.
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Fitch views the regulator's proactive approach in imposing prudential measures as helping Taiwanese banks to build capitalisation buffers.
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Grassland and prairies are natural buffers, protecting waterways from pollution; the destruction of these habitats increases fertilizer runoff.
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BAM's capital buffers, together with strong loan-loss reserves, are moderate and have declined as lending volumes increased.
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As a result, their MDS attack could leak that sensitive info from the chip's buffers to an attacker.
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That whole process steals at most a few bytes of arbitrary data from one of the CPU's buffers.
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Goldman Sachs meanwhile warned that a further drop in the lira could wipe out Turkish banks' capital buffers.
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They're loosening rules around capital buffers for banks and estimate it will be worth £290bn in extra funding.
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They try to weaken the institutional buffers of our democracy, including the courts, intelligence services, and ethics offices.
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That provides the banks with "buffers as much as 22001x higher than a decade," writes S&P Global.
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Nonetheless, continued business expansion is a key risk, particularly if underwriting standards deteriorate and capitalisation buffers are eroded.
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To keep order, the conference tries to establish buffers between groups that use similar frequencies to avoid conflict.
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Banks would be expected to restore the buffers "within a reasonable period" after the end of the year.
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First, policy levers and buffers remain adequate, leaving room for policy makers to maneuver and manage the debt cycle.
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Euro zone banks have to hold large amounts of sovereign bonds to beef up their capital and liquidity buffers.
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"To be clear, the ideas I will discuss do not involve any decrease in banks liquidity buffers," he said.
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Major business and revenue diversification and sustainable strengthening of the bank's standalone liquidity buffers would also be rating positive.
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We estimate that the government has sufficient buffers (including possible new arrears build-up) to fund itself into 2Q17.
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A material pick-up in risk appetite without a corresponding increase in capital buffers would weigh on the VRs.
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Since the financial crisis of 2008, the major banks have built up buffers that help them withstand turbulent markets.
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They would not be treated as other securitized products, which require lenders to offset their risks with capital buffers.
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Mr Kashkari's main complaint is that he does not think complex safety buffers will actually work in a crisis.
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And governments should keep the system's safety buffers at today's overall size (global banks hold $7trn of core capital).
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Other members of the clearing house—mostly banks and energy-trading companies—were called upon to replenish its buffers.
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If Lebanon's track record is anything to go by, its railway dreams are more likely to hit the buffers.
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The VR also reflects weaker underwriting standards than larger peers', a limited franchise and smaller liquidity buffers than peers'.
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Buffers are much thinner in Vietnam, where banks have the lowest ratings among those that we assess in ASEAN.
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Their capital buffers have been boosted, they argue, so why should regulators and taxpayers care about the bottom line?
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Switching from being a branch to a subsidiary means having to build up buffers of capital and cash locally.
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This week, two projects were unveiled that are intended to act as buffers between the world and fake news.
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By combining that system with a hardware platform that buffers energy, the chip's computations can work with intermittent power.
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We want to retain that stress test framework as a valuable tool for making sure capital buffers are resilient.
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At this time, it remains unclear whether the IDRs will benefit from sufficient junior debt buffers at these entities.
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In our view, capital buffers are sufficient to absorb moderate additional losses if asset quality comes under renewed pressure.
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Last week, investment bank Goldman Sachs warned that further lira weakness could largely erode Turkish banks' excess capital buffers.
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It's time to finally watch that movie everyone has been raving about — and the stream lags and buffers. Nightmare.
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Fitch core capital (FCC) is only adequate; however, measured risk appetite and growth targets underpin satisfactory regulatory capital buffers.
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It also factors in the bank's tight capital buffers in light of lending concentrations, limited liquidity and modest earnings.
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Other adopted amendments would lower capital buffers banks have to hold against mortgages and against loans to small companies.
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Bulbank has a strong deposit franchise, high liquidity buffers and can rely on ordinary liquidity support from its parent.
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Average loan-to-value ratios are low, loan-loss coverage is adequate, and capital and liquidity buffers are strong.
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But too many are paid to act as buffers, offering an extra layer of protection against those who pry.
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Still, lenders have built massive capital buffers, suggesting that they already have adequate reserves to withstand an economic downturn.
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But it also advocates stronger penalties for financial fraud and puts a focus on capital buffers for large banks.
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Most Gulf states still have substantial financial buffers, but low oil prices are forcing an agenda of fiscal reform.
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There are substantial buffers available in the transactions to absorb losses before CEs are depleted beyond the original levels.
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Greece's central bank also disputed the IMF's prescription that an additional $10 billion in bank capital buffers was needed.
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In 2010, central banks agreed that the large commercial banks needed to double or even triple their capital buffers.
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At end-2016 AFB maintained comfortable buffers over regulatory capital requirements, with a fully-loaded CET0003 ratio of 22.7%.
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The reduction in the structural parameter will bring down the amount required for capital buffers, the Bloomberg report said.
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Booker also urges massive restoration of forests and coastal wetlands as carbon sponges and as buffers against rising seas.
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Our own ability to withstand the impacts of climate change partly relies on the buffers that healthy landscapes provide.
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That includes building fiscal buffers but that also includes doing structural reforms so that the economy can become stronger.
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However, low interest rates are reducing German life insurers' capital buffers, which have declined steadily between 2008 and 2017.
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This would help CBA build buffers above the regulator's revised minimum CET5003 ratios, to be achieved by January 2020.
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My first job was making shock absorbers and buffers for trains and military guns at an industrial products company.
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Under the countercyclical policy, the Fed can order banks to increase these capital buffers in periods of economic growth.
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If something does go wrong, the usual buffers in the global economy look to be weakened or nonexistent right now.
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Slovak banks must meet a 10.5 percent capital requirement, while the biggest banks face additional buffers of 2-3 percent.
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Banks in most APAC markets generally have capital ratios that provide adequate buffers against risks, although there are some exceptions.
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Mega banking groups' diversified revenue sources, which include fees and commissions and profits from overseas businesses, should serve as buffers.
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Given their desire to rebuild capital buffers, insurers will also attempt to increase pricing on non-loss affected insurance lines.
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This, coupled with the discretionary nature of land acquisitions, allows Jababeka to accumulate cash buffers and strengthen its liquidity profile.
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All three banks hold large FC liquidity buffers sufficient to withstand substantial (above 50%) reductions in FC-denominated customer funding.
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Solid capital buffers and sound operating margins, however, will continue to underpin the credit strength of Hong Kong insurance sector.
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Many of the banks classify the shadow-bank loans as investments to minimize the impact on their bank capital buffers.
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Covenant protections, or the buffers investors demand in case of default, are at record lows, according to Moody's Investors Service.
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This shift may also affect the fluid inside the skull — known as cerebrospinal fluid — which buffers the brain from shocks.
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But broadly the results showed that banks have come a long way since 2014 in building up their capital buffers.
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Either would apply the same remedy to the housing system as banks received after the financial crisis: bigger safety buffers.
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Many of the banks classify the shadow-bank loans as investments to minimise the impact on their bank capital buffers.
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An upgrade of the ratings would be contingent on improvements in earnings, while capitalisation and loss-absorption buffers remain sound.
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They make banks safer: they can be used to absorb bad-debt costs or rebuild capital buffers when recession strikes.
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All four banks hold high FX liquidity buffers sufficient to withstand a substantial reduction in foreign-currency-denominated customer funding.
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They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and function as storm buffers, protecting people who live inland from flooding during storms.
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Stronger capital buffers are desirable to counterbalance structural balance sheet issues, such as high credit concentration, and absorb unexpected losses.
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Ashworth added that capital buffers the banks are required to build under the Basel III reforms are a potential problem.
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Some smaller banks have tight liquidity buffers, including Moscow Industrial Bank (5% of total assets, 6% coverage of customer accounts).
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As it has set out previously, the FPC judges that Brexit risks do not warrant additional capital buffers for banks.
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"More attention should be given to establishing appropriate policy buffers to mitigate future shocks," Rosengren and his co-authors said.
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UBB's limited refinancing risks reflect the bank's stable deposit-based funding, substantial liquidity buffers and potential liquidity support from KBC.
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Rapid growth in entrusted investments will reduce banks' loss-absorption buffers, unless additional capital is raised or profitability is boosted.
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Mid-tier banks have weaker loss-absorption buffers than state banks, exacerbated further by their aggressive growth in entrusted investments.
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When it travels abroad, it goes for security buffers as in Ukraine, status as in Syria and mostly money elsewhere.
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A rapid decline in the debt to GDP ratio is supporting the building of fiscal buffers to face future shocks.
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The bank has also been able to maintain its capital buffers and dividends despite multiple rounds of share buyback programs.
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They can place some buffers between immigrants and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and shore up state anti-discrimination law.
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"The size of a household's liquidity buffers is a key predictor of its future probability of financial trouble," she said.
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That's because institutions are still laden with government debt and their capital buffers are not sufficient to tackle the problem.
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NN said it had made a capital injection of 500 million euros into Delta Lloyd to strengthen its financial buffers.
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"There certainly are elevated credit risks in these banks because of shrinking capital buffers and asset quality challenges," said Tarzimanov.
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But only major, systemic banks have already built sufficient MREL buffers to comply with the new rules, the official said.
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Debt-management operations and cash buffers, which at around 5.5% of GDP fully cover 2016 financing needs, reduce refinancing risks.
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These are the wetlands and reefs that serve as barriers, buffers and breakwaters from rising seas, swell and storm surge.
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He said the bank had capital buffers of around 30 billion Swedish crowns ($3.02 billion), not counting last year's profit.
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Yazdi said the bank had capital buffers of around 30 billion Swedish crowns ($3.02 billion), not counting last year's profit.
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Adding to the upbeat mood was a stabilisation in foreign currency buffers, whose rapid depletion in spring had unnerved markets.
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The ECB's bank supervision arm also chipped in, giving lenders a temporary pass to dip into capital and cash buffers.
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Czech banks are well-capitalised and hold extra counter-cyclical capital buffers that many other European countries do not require.
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More and more communities are taking measures such as preserving wetlands along the coasts to act as buffers against storms.
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The Staten Island Greenbelt, a 2,800-acre ribbon of woodland on the northern edge, buffers Lighthouse Hill from urban sprawl.
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Moody's does not expect the coronavirus outbreak in its current form to materially affect the sector's capital and liquidity buffers.
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Government officials emphasize that the federal programs are meant to supplement, not replace, insurance and other financial buffers against catastrophe.
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The results showed that many have not only built up adequate capital buffers, but improved risk management procedures as well.
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A significant increase in risk appetite without a corresponding strengthening of capital buffers could put downward pressure on Viability Ratings.
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A spike in state borrowing costs under a eurosceptic government has devalued banks' sovereign bond holdings, eroding their capital buffers.
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Eight of the non-systemically important sample banks (excluding failed and rescued banks and those not reporting capital ratios) had capital ratios above the minimum capital requirements, but did not meet the regulatory buffers, although this does not represent a regulatory breach as compliance with buffers is required only at the end of each quarter.
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"Rebuilding reserve buffers will be critical to enhance the country's resilience to future shocks," the International Monetary Fund wrote in January.
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Liquidity is strong with liquidity buffers composed of cash at the Bank of England, UK government bonds and placements with supranationals.
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Still, the refinancing risk for most developers it rated "should be manageable", given their robust liquidity buffers, the rating agency said.
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The bank's CET1 and total capital ratios, both at 11.7% at end-2016, are maintained with satisfactory buffers over regulatory minimums.
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The ECB said this could hit financial stability because it limits banks' ability to build up capital buffers against unexpected shocks.
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Liquidity is strong, with liquidity buffers mostly composed of cash at the Bank of England, UK government bonds and treasury bills.
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Capital buffers at the three banks are sufficient to absorb even substantial additional loan provisioning that could result from the AQR.
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Communication between the Secure Enclave and the application processor is isolated to an interrupt-driven mailbox and shared-memory data buffers.
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Senior bondholders would have been vulnerable to losses had the banks been put into resolution, given their thin junior debt buffers.
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All banks have issued additional common equity in the last 18 months to boost capital buffers in response to regulatory changes.
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"This could cause problems for some firms, especially for those that do not have large capital buffers," said Moody's Alain Laurin.
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Low yields will inevitably squeeze insurers' profits, even if guarantees remain affordable, and would continue to eat away insurers' capital buffers.
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Recent years have been lean in part because banks have been building up their buffers rather than racking up big profits.
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"Banks have built higher and better-quality capital buffers, have reduced leverage and improved their funding profiles," the ECB President said.
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And while banks have continued to increase their capital buffers in recent years, some momentum was lost in 2017, it added.
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And if banks are not profitable, they are less able to add to the capital buffers that let them operate safely.
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The measures will support the manat and reduce the pressure on buffers, which are a key strength of Azerbaijan's credit profile.
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Positively, the VR is underpinned by strong capital buffers, solid profitability, stable funding, comfortable liquidity and Bulbank's leading domestic market franchise.
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The troubled Italian lender was forced into the offering after the European Central Bank required it to pad its capital buffers.
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The AT1 trade will help bolster the bank's capital buffers after announcing last September that it would acquire Barclays' Portuguese business.
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The committee was to review the status, need and justification of various provisions, reserves and buffers presently provided by the RBI.
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The three banks that were called out by the Fed on Wednesday all had big enough financial buffers, the regulators said.
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In April Moody's, a rating agency, ranked the 20 most-populous states by the solidity of their buffers against another recession.
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The plan would also crack down on websites without buffers against youth purchases, such as age-verification software or quantity limits.
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Happily, many of the same practices that reduce GHG emissions, such as planting tree buffers along streams, also protect drinking water.
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The finance ministry started buying foreign currency in February with the help of the central bank for the country's fiscal buffers.
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All four banks hold large enough foreign currency liquidity buffers to withstand a substantial reduction in foreign-currency-denominated customer funding.
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Periodic capital support from the authorities has been inadequate to maintain these buffers, although a declining risk density has helped ratios.
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A downgrade of ORIX's IDR would be considered if the company's risk appetite increased without a corresponding strengthening of capital buffers.
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However, capital and loan-loss buffers continue to rise, and are healthy enough to absorb pressures from the weak operating environment.
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But any slowdown would be temporary and offset by fiscal spending as well as Seoul's external liquidity buffers, the report said.
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One area of focus for banks are regulations governing the capital and liquidity buffers they must maintain to support their operations.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and European Central Bank will all allow lenders to dip into existing buffers.
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A cemetery and a police station — buffers during the apartheid era — still separate Vrede from the neighboring black township of Thembalihle.
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Further issuance of high-trigger additional Tier 13 capital, which qualifies for inclusion in going-concern buffers, will also be required.
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Lenders needed another four years to build up buffers of bonds for writing down to bolster capital levels in a collapse.
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Colombia's external buffers remain adequate, as international reserves stand at nearly USD47 billion, or nearly nine months of current external payments.
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The major banks also have solid capital buffers and strong pre-impairment profitability to help offset an increase in impaired assets.
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Once regulatory requirements on TLAC pre-positioning in the US IHC are in force and the bank commits to pre-placing these debt buffers, this could result in CSUSA's Long-Term IDR being upgraded by one notch and aligned with Credit Suisse's, if we conclude that the buffers provide sufficient additional protection to CSUSA's senior creditors.
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Stuart Moulder It essentially buffers your movements, so that you get the movement you wanted, not necessarily the one you were making.
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Polish banks face rising regulatory pressure to increase their capital buffers while margins have been squeezed by record low Polish interest rates.
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Fitch's internal stress tests show that Singapore banks' sound capitalisation buffers should enable them to weather a significant deterioration in credit quality.
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A material weakening of the banks' intrinsic profiles is currently not envisaged due to their stable asset quality and adequate capital buffers.
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The economy, which is growing by about 7% a year, will one day hit the buffers unless India's education system is overhauled.
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State banks are the most at risk, due to their poor capital buffers and weak prospects for raising capital through market channels.
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Rather than raise rates to guard against financial sector problems, she said, tools like higher bank capital buffers could be relied on.
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Despite this, the bank's healthy loss-absorption buffers and stable funding and liquidity position continue to underpin its strong overall credit profile.
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Risk buffers have been bolstered in recent years, while exposure to China and the property and technology sectors has fallen since 2015.
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Unable to cover his losses, he blew a €114m ($133m) hole in the capital buffers of Nasdaq Clearing, which handled his trades.
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"For now, severe market stress has been limited in certain economies," as emerging economies have sufficient buffers against market turbulence, he added.
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Net premiums written/total equity was below 0003x at end-2015 and 1H16, indicating sound capital buffers for the company's business profile.
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Senior bondholders would have been vulnerable to losses if the banks had been put into resolution, given their thin junior debt buffers.
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Some big banks use their own models for calculating capital buffers, but some regulators suspect they are being used to downplay requirements.
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This would result in a better internal capital generation capacity that would strengthen the bank's capital buffers over the regulatory minimum requirements.
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The Outlook on Sampath could be revised to Stable if it can fundamentally improve its capital buffers commensurate with its risk profile.
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Some banks have limited buffers over regulatory minimums and any further erosion of capital ratios beyond our expectations could be credit negative.
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Estimations suggest that fiscal buffers will be exhausted in less than five years, assuming an average oil price of $50 a barrel.
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"We are very far from any foreign exchange crisis given our large GIR (gross international reserves) buffer and secondary buffers," Espenilla said.
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If we knew locations, we could provide extra caution in these areas by leaving buffers of trees, or blocking line of sight.
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The bank maintained high capital buffers over regulatory minimums despite sizeable dividend pay-outs to its previous owner in 21000Q2110 and 21000Q211.
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The reform is intended to reduce costs for banks, which would no longer be required to hold capital buffers across national subsidiaries.
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Our internal stress tests show that most ASEAN banks' capital buffers would be able to weather a significant deterioration in asset quality.
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Orr said in the financial stability report that some insurers and non-bank deposit takers also need to improve their capital buffers.
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In this environment, Fitch expects the banks to take action from time to time to maintain healthy capital buffers above regulatory requirements.
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For BDO, the ratings may be downgraded if the bank falls behind peers when building its capital buffers as regulatory requirements rise.
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Negative rating action on the banking group's VR is currently not envisaged due to its stable asset quality and adequate capital buffers.
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These include reforestation of degraded natural forests, planting trees on farms and ranchlands, and planting vegetation as buffers along waterways and roads.
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Capital adequacy is one of BInbursa's main strengths and is maintained with solid buffers over regulatory minimums and generally above peer banks.
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Macao has no outstanding government debt and prudent expenditure management during the gaming boom allowed the territory to accumulate large fiscal buffers.
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During the GTUB review, Fitch upgraded Societe Generale's senior preferred debt ratings to reflect the material size of the bank's debt buffers.
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Negative rating action on all the banks' VRs is currently not envisaged due to their stable asset quality and adequate capital buffers.
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He ruled out risks in the banking sector, however, noting the sector is well-capitalized and banks have raised their liquidity buffers.
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For its fix, Intel opted against stopping its processors from grabbing arbitrary data out of buffers when invalid memory access took place.
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The required minimums including applicable buffers (capital conservation buffer of 0.625% and 0.15% systemic importance buffer) are currently, respectively, 5.3% and 6.8%.
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However, if the naira continues to weaken, buffers between minimum and reported CARs may decline to a level which heightens ratings sensitivity.
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"OTP group is a regional corporation with predictable operations and significant capital and liquidity buffers," the bank said in an emailed statement.
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The IMF has called Azeri's buffers "ample" but says it needs to reduce inefficient public spending and increase non-oil tax revenues.
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Food, jobs, tourism revenue, recreation and buffers from coastal storms are just some of the value coastal communities get from healthy reefs.
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Borrower assessment includes interest rate buffers to ensure applicants have the ability to service their loans in a higher interest-rate environment.
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They already have to meet a 10.5 percent capital requirement, while the five biggest banks face additional buffers of 2-3 percent.
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This type of debt is written down to replenish core capital buffers during a crisis to avoid taxpayers having to step in.
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Those potential outflows would reduce Qatari banks' liquidity buffers, with domestic deposits currently tight amid lower oil revenues, the ratings agency said.
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EU'S SINGLE RESOLUTION BOARD ESTIMATES EURO ZONE BANKS' SHORTFALLS IN LOSS-ABSORBING BUFFERS UP TO $216 BILLION AT THE END OF 2018
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The respondents also said they increased their cash buffers to 5.6% from 4.6% as they ramped up protections against a market slide.
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Identify situations or people that trigger your frustration, so you can anticipate your reaction and create emotional buffers to help you cope better.
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While the latter is generally maintained with adequate buffers over regulatory minimums it may not always be fully commensurate with the bank's risks.
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The rating captures Suruga's above domestic-peer profitability, adequate loss-absorption buffers and strong funding and liquidity stemming from its firm deposit base.
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The capital buffers will protect all three entities against potential negative impacts when the International Financial Reporting Standard 9 is implemented in 2018.
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Castagna said he did not want to eat into the bank's capital buffers to get rid of the unlikely to pay (UTP) loans.
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The three banks' liquidity buffers (mainly cash and Bulgarian sovereign debt) relative to total customer deposits were substantially above the 20% regulatory minimum.
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Commenting on Russia's economic growth outlook, the World Bank said it was modest even though the country's macroeconomic and fiscal buffers were strong.
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Refinancing risks at all three banks are limited due to their stable deposit funding, limited reliance on wholesale funding and sizeable liquidity buffers.
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This strategy hit the buffers with a deafening crash on Sunday when Bavaria went to the polls in its five-yearly state election.
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The implementation of Basel 3 has slightly reduced capitalisation buffers over minimum requirements (the Fitch Core Capital ratio was 0003% at end-1H17).
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What securities are used and how quickly firms increase subordinated buffers would determine which ratings are affected and the timing of rating actions.
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However, the planned increase in regulatory capital ratios and buffers from 2017 may be challenging for Kazkommertsbank (KKB), Bank RBK and Qazaq banki.
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A rating downgrade could result from a significant increase in risk-taking and operating environment-related risks that could materially weaken capital buffers.
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Despite recent improvements to external buffers, the lack of diversification in Iceland's export base leaves the economy vulnerable to terms-of-trade shocks.
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That the last resort has now become the first response shows how much Mr Macron's moralising has hit the buffers of African realpolitik.
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But in Springfield, Massachusetts, famous for the rifles produced at its National Armoury, the arrival of a Chinese trainmaker has hit the buffers.
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Capitalisation is acceptable for the Portuguese operating environment, and the bank maintains moderate buffers over regulatory common equity Tier 4807123 (CET212001) capital requirements.
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However, the impact was cushioned by sizeable capital buffers, with the regulatory capital adequacy ratio at a still robust 123% at end-3Q15.
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"The lack of progress on resolving nonperforming loans also reflects weak earnings and insufficient generation of capital and provisioning buffers," the IMF noted.
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The Dutch small shareholders union VEB says it supports the issue "reluctantly", as the company must maintain the capital buffers the DNB requires.
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But bank estimates suggest this would only add five to eight weeks to a scheme some predict will hit the buffers within months.
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However, such assets offer very little toward slowing subsidence or creating buffers between people and floods that also add aesthetic and recreational value.
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AsDB's liquidity buffers are consistent with a 'AAA' rating, with a liquid-assets-to-short-term-debt ratio of 170% at end-2015.
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I hadn't pointed this out when I supplied my policy number, and somewhere down the line my referral had run into the buffers.
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While Asia's rapid growth and improved external buffers "should help, the region remains vulnerable to a global risk-off event," the report said.
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Vietnamese banks' capital buffers are thin, and will come under more pressure over the next two years as Basel II is phased in.
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Fitch estimates that the government has sufficient buffers (cash, repos and possible arrears build up) to last into May without further ESM disbursement.
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Out of the chaparral that buffers the street from the border fence and river, traffickers and smugglers regularly appear, even in broad daylight.
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The bill calls for stricter rules for banks to ensure they have enough capital buffers to save themselves when they are under pressures.
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Fitch's calculates that these buffers at end-1Q13 broadly covered the banks' short-term foreign currency non-deposit liabilities due within a year.
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The staff make no effort to guess what banks would do with the capital buffers they hang onto voluntarily under the new rules.
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Banks capital and liquidity buffers were "solid" following significant build-up and were there to be used, should it become necessary, FINMA said.
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The eight largest United States banks will be able to reduce their capital buffers by a total of $121 billion, the Fed estimates.
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The questions being answered are generally broad, fleshing out in detail what happens to banks that drop below minimum levels of their buffers.
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Insurers may also want to rebuild depleted reserve buffers, which could create a further drag on profitability for the next couple of years.
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The IMF said Nigeria's economy was recovering, albeit slowly after a 2016 recession, with its dollar buffers declining due to rising capital flight.
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Soils high in organic matter have better water and nutrient retention, which buffers crops from drought and reduces costs for irrigation and fertilizer.
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Banks could be forced to increase their capital buffers if their holdings of any particular security exceed a certain threshold—a "concentration charge".
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His regular use of Twitter as a sounding board for his own genuine voice keeps him connected to the public without any buffers.
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So the buffers are in place in most of the world economy to absorb what's been pretty well flagged now for several years.
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Those risks could be dealt with by capping the amount of proprietary trading and requiring banks to maintain generous loss-absorbing equity buffers.
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"The Slovak bank's capital adequacy is very good, over 18%, so we can say that banks already hold certain buffers voluntarily," he added.
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Over that time, US banks have become an investor staple as regulators have forced them to increase capital buffers and exit risky business lines.
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Banks had also continued to bolster their capital buffers but they remained below the European average at the middle of this year, it added.
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Persistent fiscal deficits and growing external deficits could result in negative rating actions, especially where debt levels are already high and liquidity buffers moderate.
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A robust macroeconomic policy framework and strong buffers afford the authorities considerable room to respond to low oil prices with an expansionary policy stance.
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This puts further pressure on capital ratios, which have been affected by currency devaluation, causing some banks to report limited buffers over regulatory minimums.
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Tier 1 and Tier 2 notes are issued by banks to form part of their regulatory capital which act as buffers to protect depositors.
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Natural buffers that defend both rural and urban areas against typhoons - such as wetlands, mangroves and forests - should be protected and maintained, they said.
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Louis Kasekende, the deputy governor of Uganda's central bank, agreed countries need to rebuild buffers, to help their economies deal with any external shocks.
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The need to comply with higher capital buffers at a time of weakening profitability has put pressure on the six mid-tier banks' capital.
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Buffers can, nevertheless, absorb moderate unexpected credit losses, supported by high levels of pre-impairment operating profit, which results in strong internal capital generation.
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This will reduce regulatory capital buffers by £5.7 billion, thus raising banks' capacity to lend to households and businesses by up to £150 billion.
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The BoE ruled that RBS must boost its capital buffers, an unexpected result that underlines a litany of problems that RBS is grappling with.
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Regardless of whether I used Wi-Fi or a hardwired Ethernet line, content buffers a lot, bitrates fall, and quality quickly turns to crap.
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Signorini also flagged the risk that banks face constraints in lending because the falling value of their government bond holdings erode their capital buffers.
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Sri Lankan banks are required to phase in higher capital buffers to meet Basel III regulations that come into effect on 1 January 4803.
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Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo this week announced that future stress tests will be geared toward demanding even higher cash buffers for big banks.
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This time, reinsurers had such ample capital buffers that they are expected to suffer only a small dent, of around 5-7% of capital.
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Tier 1 and Tier 2 notes are issued by banks to form part of their regulatory capital, which acts as buffers to protect depositors.
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Removing AIG's designation as "too big to fail" eases the restrictions it was subject to under post-crisis rules, such as tighter capital buffers.
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Downward pressure on BAJ's VR could come from deterioration in core capital buffers, most likely attributable to fast financing growth or deteriorating asset quality.
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The app now caches (or pre-buffers) two separate outcomes, based on viewer's choices, in order to ensure no break in the live action.
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"State banks are the most at risk, given their poor existing capital buffers and weak prospects for raising capital through market channels," it said.
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At end-2016 the bank's domestic operations had a loans/deposits ratio of 106% and large liquidity buffers relative to upcoming wholesale debt maturities.
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It called for action to increase the resilience of the financial sector through a stronger central bank balance sheet and increased bank capital buffers.
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Still, the credit assessor noted that the Singaporean banks have very strong buffers in terms of capital, loan loss provisions and pre-provision income.
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The buffers for systemically important institutions will have to be gradually increased to 0.5 percent and 1.0 percent by 2020, the central bank added.
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Sector asset-quality metrics have remained resilient through the credit cycle, capital buffers are strong and profitability has improved, helped by declining risk costs.
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A more cautious approach to capital-account liberalisation may delay efforts to internationalise the currency, but could enhance macro-stability and preserve external buffers.
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Liquidity buffers have diminished over the year, despite the government raising USD750m through a syndicated loan and bond issuance in March and April respectively.
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Fears are overdone, they believe, stating that liquidity and capital buffers in European lenders have strengthened considerably since the global financial crisis of 2008.
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Fitch's full report, "Healthy Earnings Buffers to Absorb Sharp Credit Deterioration" is available by clicking on the link above and is available at www.fitchratings.
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Capital buffers above Tier 1 regulatory minimum were moderate at end-2016, but will increase by around 160bp following the inclusion of 2016 profit.
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The IMF urged the East African country to improve asset quality, address non-performing loans (NPLs) and increase capital buffers in the banking system.
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They're also more aware of red flags, like low-quality schedules, where no buffers are shown for integrating learnings, ID iterations or contingency plans.
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ECB policymaker Jens Weidmann on Thursday also warned against rolling back jointly agreed rules which force banks to build bigger buffers against future crises.
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Fiscal policy buffers were also being diminished as the ratio of government debt to GDP has been rising in the United States, he cautioned.
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For non-life insurers, their Stable Sector Outlook is supported by strong capital buffers and satisfactory underwriting performance, with combined ratios generally below 95%.
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Sweden's demand for big capital buffers has acted as a stamp of quality for buyers of bank debt, lowering borrowing costs for Swedish banks.
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While regional banks have sufficient capital buffers, they face common challenges which, if left unaddressed, could threaten to destabilize Japan's banking system, Nakaso said.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German banks have enough capital but should still build up buffers for the next economic downturn, Bundesbank director Joachim Wuermelling told Reuters.
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Most economies should therefore look to strengthen policy buffers as closing output gaps means they do not need further fiscal support, the Fund said.
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These time slots, which he refers to as buffers, are moments that he carves out for himself so he can think strategically and proactively.
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"The Governing Council agreed that a broadly based increase in countercyclical capital buffers across the euro area is not currently warranted," the ECB added.
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An attacker can then trigger that conflict to force a leak of sensitive data from the chip's buffers, just in the earlier MDS attacks.
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Not only had Intel missed the TAA attack, but another part of the fix, which cleared buffers of sensitive data, could also be bypassed.
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The banks' profiles would also be supported as they build risk buffers to meet the new total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements by 2019.
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Under the plan, the European Central Bank could force banks to increase their buffers against existing NPLs when it deems they are not sufficient.
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Liquidity buffers remain high, also helped by fresh tenge inflows due to conversions of foreign-currency deposits and state funding injections into the system.
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But an economy veering toward a recession will test whether the banks' buffers will be enough to help them follow through on those promises.
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This means that the top banks have "substantial levels of capital and liquidity in excess of regulatory minimums and buffers" according to the Fed.
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Some of the capital buffers at banks have been designed for use during a downturn to ensure continued lending to the economy, it said.
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These capital and liquidity buffers are designed to support the economy in adverse situations and allow banks to continue to serve households and businesses.
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Despite stimulus measures, loan originations are expected to fall as confidence evaporates, said Barclays analyst John Aiken, despite a drop in banks' capital buffers.
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After the condition of both banks continued to deteriorate, the central bank asked the lenders to explain how they would rebuild their capital buffers.
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The only advice we can give is to use that environment of strong growth, of lower rates to build the buffers in the economy.
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But he stressed that the chance of Japan's banking sector destabilizing was "very low" for now, as many financial institutions had sufficient capital buffers.
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We believe the revised Swiss going- and gone-concern capital requirements provide strong and transparent incentives to ensure that these buffers remain in place.
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European banks complained that the compromise proposal would put them at a disadvantage to their U.S. rivals by requiring bigger capital buffers against mortgages.
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His default triggered a demand to replenish buffers and post increased cash guarantees that all market participants must have to trade on the exchange.
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The Fed rule allowing for the creation of the CCyB was issued in 2016, taking into account the structural buffers established at that time.
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The Bank of England could try to offset that by reducing its counter-cyclical buffers, which Bloomberg reported it was considering on July 1.
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This put ABN on track to meet its earlier promise of increasing shareholder payouts, while keeping its capital buffers well above minimally required levels.
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The rule also protects wetlands, which help filter out pollutants and provide wildlife habitat, as well as serve as buffers against the fiercest storms.
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Nevertheless, these risks are mitigated by acceptable capital and reserve coverage buffers and the agency has Stable Outlooks for most of its rated Thai banks.
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"Delinquencies are rising but coverage ratio and loan-loss buffers remain elevated, providing reasonable protection," said Philip Finch, a London-based strategist with UBS Securities.
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"The buffers are quickly disappearing," Jens David Ohlin, a vice dean at Cornell Law School and an expert in criminal and constitutional law, told Insider.
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The deal would give the SRB a clearer mandate in setting banks' capital buffers, known as Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL).
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SCF's capital levels are maintained with satisfactory buffers over regulatory requirements, with a fully-loaded Basel III CET1 ratio of 12.1% at end-June 2017.
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In its analysis, DBRS noted as well that the collective investment vehicles actually help provide buffers against market stress so long as outflows are contained.
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Non-systemically important banks' requirements including buffers for core Tier 1, Tier 1 and total ratios were slightly lower at 5.75%, 7.25% and 9.25%, respectively.
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Even the affable Carson has prompted a few smirks with the oversize entourage that buffers him as he moves from one event to the next.
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The issuance will help the bank meet a deadline from the European Central Bank to boost its capital buffers by the end of the year.
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However, they argued China's large pool of domestic savings, banking system buffers, and continued equity market development would ensure a smooth adjustment, the report said.
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"Banks have strong capital buffers," Tokunbo Martins, the central bank's director of banking supervision, told journalists after the meeting, which is held every two months.
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"Strengthening financial stability by increasing buffers in corporate and banking sectors is key, especially in large emerging markets such as China and India," she added.
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This coming summer some past loans will stop counting towards regulatory liquidity buffers (because they will be due to expire in the following 12 months).
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External buffers have improved, with foreign-currency reserves forecast to average 4.2 months of current account payments in 2017-2019, up from 13 in 2016.
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We expect the bank's capital ratios to fall in the medium term, but that Islandsbanki will maintain sound buffers on top of its minimum requirements.
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It would be too much to say that the wheels have come off the Jeremy bus or that the Jeremy Express has hit the buffers.
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We expect the bank's capital ratios to fall over the medium term, but that Islandsbanki will maintain sound buffers on top of its minimum requirements.
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This will reduce regulatory capital buffers by £24 billion ($247.90 billion), raising banks' capacity to lend to households and businesses by up to £246.75 billion.
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This will reduce regulatory capital buffers by £20183 billion ($22018 billion), raising banks' capacity to lend to households and businesses by up to £20.5 billion.
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With its Advanced Streaming and Prediction (ASAP) feature, it predicts which TV episodes and films you want to watch and buffers them for instant viewing.
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The rules aim to ensure that banks using their own models to calculate capital buffers are not allowed to be too optimistic in their arithmetic.
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These factors are counterbalanced by the bank's considerable capital buffers, robust pre-impairment operating profit, prudent risk controls and a comfortable funding and liquidity position.
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Banks have relied on issuing these notes over the past few years to shore up their balance sheets and build buffers to absorb future losses.
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Banks may also have insufficient buffers if an economic downturn is exacerbated by simultaneous credit defaults, asset repricing and interest rate changes, the Bundesbank added.
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Raiffeisen said it could live with the government's proposal and build up its so-called total loss-absorbtion capacity capital buffers during a transition period.
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Stable real estate and solid corporate profits helped boost big lenders' earnings and margins in 2017, while manic asset growth slowed and risk buffers thickened.
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The buffer, set by the ministry, aims to force banks to accumulate extra capital during boom periods on top of buffers required by international authorities.
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In February, the central bank spent around 82 billion roubles on buying foreign currency for the country's depleted fiscal buffers, its data showed on Wednesday.
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We believe that the revised Swiss going- and gone-concern capital requirements provide strong and transparent incentives to ensure that these buffers remain in place.
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Fitch calculates that at end-1H16 both banks' foreign currency liquidity buffers covered their short-term foreign currency non-deposit liabilities due within a year.
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"The resilience of the banks stems from the high capital buffers that prevail in the South African banking system," the bank said in a statement.
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But that seems unlikely given banks need to keep building their capital buffers, and because they would need to receive regulatory approval to do so.
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Growth that is not managed prudently and accompanied by a build-up of additional buffers can become a key source of credit and liquidity risk.
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By serving such specialized segments, these companies build up natural competitive buffers, such as tailored hardware and software and proprietary logistics, workflow and distribution systems.
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The nation's biggest banks have all built up big enough buffers to weather a severe recession in decent shape, United States regulators said on Thursday.
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Last week, the Fed said that all the big banks would be able to make it through a recession and still maintain adequate financial buffers.
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Should the rift escalate and more money flows out, the country's banking system has enough buffers to "meet all the requirements," according to al-Thani.
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Early work hit the buffers due to a series of unexpected cancers, the death of a young man during a trial, and some disappointing results.
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The average total capital ratio was 13.6% (required minimum, excluding buffers: 8%), the Tier 1 ratio 9.5% (6%) and the Core Tier 1 0003% (4.5%).
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"The system is much more robust and resilient because of the buffers," said Nicolas Véron, a senior fellow at Bruegel, a research institution in Brussels.
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The International Monetary Fund on Friday said Sri Lanka's economy remains vulnerable to adverse shocks due to its large public debt and low external buffers.
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Also, get into the habit of leaving buffers between appointments and meetings and start taking into account travel time so that you can leave punctually.
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The central bank said financial institutions have "substantially increased" their capital buffers since new rules were put in place to guard against another financial collapse.
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We expect the banks to further reduce their single-name concentration, and that they will continue to strengthen capital ratios and maintain healthy liquidity buffers.
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Mattis was seen on both sides of the aisle as one of the last and most reassuring buffers to Trump's rash foreign policy decision-making.
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The bank's core capital ratios appear weak (CET13: 7.9% at FY17), which means that a fresh capital injection will be required to meaningfully improve buffers.
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The average total capital ratio was 13.6% (required minimum, excluding buffers: 8%), the Tier 1 ratio 0003% (6%) and the Core Tier 1 9.2% (4.5%).
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There's also the proposed changes to Dodd-Frank capital buffers, the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio, and the pending efforts to update the Community Reinvestment Act.
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The review will cover the definition of capital, the measurement of risks that the banks face and the minimum capital requirements and buffers, Spencer said.
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Major U.S. banks fiercely protested Dodd-Frank's strict new lending restrictions, capital buffers and disclosures designed to prevent the risky practices that caused the crisis.
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The SRB is responsible for deciding how much debt, known as MREL, the euro zone's main banks must hold on top of their capital buffers.
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In a report this month, the International Monetary Fund warned that shadow loans average almost 300 percent of the capital buffers at China's smaller banks.
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It will reduce regulatory capital buffers by £5.7bn, the BoE said, raising banks' capacity for lending to UK households and businesses by up to £150bn.
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These risks will linger unless there is a shift to a more stable operating environment, characterised by slower credit growth and higher loss-absorption buffers.
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More than a hundred cities have created protected lanes that place buffers between bicycles and cars, like ones lined with self-watering planters in Seattle.
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The more hybrid debt that lenders can use to meet capital requirements, the less common equity they need and the healthier their current buffers appear.
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Under the plan, the European Central Bank could force banks to step up their buffers against existing NPLs when it deems they are not sufficient.
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While much of Asia has since built up buffers to better withstand such capital flights, India's current account balance has continued to deteriorate, noted Sathirathai.
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Economic pillars remain strong, the health of corporate America has rarely been better and new buffers put in place have been effective at absorbing shocks.
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M&T Bank — M&T also gained Fed approval, but it had to scale back capital distribution plans to keep its buffers above central bank minimums.
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It has earmarked 2.55 billion cedis to finance its budgetary requirements and 5.6 billion to build buffers for liability management, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.
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Unless the affected banks have subsequently rebuilt their capital buffers, these banks will be restricted in making CET1 distributions including coupons to Additional Tier 1 investors.
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Despite the general trends and challenging systemic environment, solid risk management and a good capital position should act as key protective buffers for banks' credit profiles.
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The stress tests largely look at a bank's capital buffers in times of severe financial stress but also include a separate "exploratory scenario" every two years.
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The VRs acknowledge the banks' solid domestic franchises, significant resilience to potential asset quality deterioration due to reasonable capital levels and performance, and comfortable liquidity buffers.
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Total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) is part of a global regulatory drive forcing the world's largest banks to build up buffers of bail-in-able debt.
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At 1 August, both banks had liquidity buffers covering about 20% of customer accounts, which for Otkritie is only moderate, given the magnitude of previous outflows.
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The financial watchdog's stance is that it is up to the banks themselves to decide how large the crown share of their liquidity buffers should be.
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The Stable Outlook reflects Fitch's expectation that Marein will continue to maintain sufficient capital buffers and prudent underwriting practices to support its operations and business expansion.
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AgBank is joining other Chinese lenders in a rush to sell non-fixed-term bonds in a bid to bolster capital buffers in a slowing economy.
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Gulf banks reinforced their capital buffers in the wake of the global financial crisis so are not in any imminent danger, according to bankers and analysts.
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But the BoE said on Thursday this year's test would also include secondary buffers held by the banks to reflect their domestic and global systemic importance.
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Italy's banking sector, which was just emerging from years of restructuring following a deep recession, is now wrestling with shrinking capital buffers and soaring funding costs.
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In Fitch's opinion, debt buffers do not afford any obvious incremental probability of default benefit over and above the support benefit already factored into their IDRs.
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But sooner or later they have to come back to the market because they need to top up their loss-absorbing buffers to meet regulatory demands.
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Reported by banks alongside profit-and-loss statements, the CET1 highlights the gap between banks with healthy balance sheets and others whose capital buffers are thin.
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Moody's fears that if rates stay low for another four years, loss-making insurers will eat into their capital buffers, and some could—eventually—become insolvent.
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To slow the rise, the ECB raised the prospect that it could force banks to hold more capital, topping up national measures, such as countercyclical buffers.
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The introduction of "macroprudential" policy requiring banks to build up separate "countercyclical" buffers of capital if credit markets become frothy was a core crisis-era innovation.
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Bulgaria's central bank has also activated several capital buffers that bring the requirements for overall capital adequacy to 14% and the CET 1 ratio to 10.5%.
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The spike in Rome's debt costs caused by the economic and political turbulence has reduced the value of lenders' large sovereign holdings, hurting their capital buffers.
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Reuters has not been able to establish which of the rival methods of assessing risk would result in banks having to increase their capital buffers more.
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For Additional Tier 1 issues this could reflect a change in capital management or flexibility, or an unexpected shift in regulatory buffers and requirements, for example.
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Capital buffers are sufficient to absorb moderate shocks but downside risks to capitalisation remain in view of the challenging operating environment and potential further lira depreciation.
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The KMT's once-mighty machine, built on cash and cronyism, has hit the buffers; it faces a Herculean task to reinvent itself along more modern lines.
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Nationwide expects to comply with the interim requirements applicable to the society from 1 January 2020, expected to be 6% of leverage exposures plus capital buffers.
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At the same time, he said Ankara had some "substantial buffers" and there is "absolutely a way out of this," if authorities did take firm action.
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A material weakening of the banks' intrinsic profiles is currently not envisaged due to their outlook for stable asset quality and further building of capital buffers.
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These, coupled with the developer's recurring income and flexibility in the timing of project launches, allows it to accumulate cash buffers and strengthen its liquidity profile.
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Tighter monetary policy and the reinforced involvement of the IMF in the zone are likely to support structural adjustments and the build-up of external buffers.
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"It remains highly vulnerable to a further prolonged period of acute economic and financial volatility," the statement said, adding that foreign exchange reserve buffers are weak.
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The ratios are the lowest in the peer group and Fitch expects management action to lift the bank's capital buffers in the near to medium term.
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Russia's central bank is tightening requirements on lending to related parties and also demands stronger capital buffers, with the newest requirements in force from Jan 1.
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The BoE has set a 2022 target for major banks to be resolvable, including requirements for them to hold special debt that can replenish capital buffers.
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In addition, the bank's management and holding company are currently working on a capital plan that should aim to restore the bank's currently stressed capital buffers.
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The construction of wetland buffers between farms and streams can also keep pollutants out of waterways, while slowing floods and restoring habitat for birds and wildlife.
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NordLB's rivals such as HSH, Commerzbank, DVB and KFW have also been forced to take writedowns and boost capital buffers against shipping loan portfolios turning bad.
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Building capital buffers could further slow already glacial efforts to pass legislation in Congress with the 10-year anniversary of the financial crisis a year away.
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Erosion of these buffers will be slower than in other Fitch-rated oil exporters, due to a low fiscal break-even oil price of USD54/b.
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Downward pressure may also result from a substantial increase in risk appetite without a corresponding increase in risk buffers or higher volatility in earnings and capital.
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A software patch for the attack clears all data from buffers whenever the processor crosses a security boundary, so that it can't be stolen and leaked.
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"We are at the level we need to be," said Bonnesen, adding the bank did not have any excess capital after considering the bank's own buffers.
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In short, it appeared as though most genes—in both yeast and humans—were acting as buffers, protecting essential genetic material from mutations and environmental stressors.
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The International Monetary Fund in March said that Sri Lanka's economy remained vulnerable to adverse shocks due to its large public debt and low external buffers.
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The International Monetary Fund said in March that Sri Lanka's economy remained vulnerable to adverse shocks due to its large public debt and low external buffers.
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UK and Swiss banks have active holding company issuance programs and are expected to ramp up issuance through those entities as they build their TLAC buffers.
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The largest banks are still waiting to find out the implications of newly defined capital buffers outlined last month by Daniel K. Tarullo, a Fed governor.
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Moody's provided three reasons behind the decision: weakening fiscal metrics, a continued fall in reserve buffers and uncertainty about the government's ability to implement fiscal reforms.
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MOODY'S SEES PRESSURE ON ITALIAN BANKS' LIQUIDITY BUFFERS DUE TO FROZEN FUNDING MARKETS AND MORATORIUMS ON DEBT REPAYMENTS, EXPECTS ECB AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN
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Many natural buffers, like mangroves, dunes and wetlands, that absorb wind or water have been paved over to make room for supermarkets, schools and shopping centers.
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VIABILITY RATINGS BAY's Viability Rating reflects its satisfactory credit profile, reasonable franchise as Thailand's fifth-largest commercial bank, proven earnings record and acceptable asset quality buffers.
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Later, a team of polishers, buffers in hand and working in front of an array of ultrabright LED lights, examines the bodies for blemishes and scratches.
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Exports grew at their fastest annual pace in five years in February, reinforcing the buffers of a large current account surplus and hefty foreign exchange reserves.
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European bankers say the 'output floor' could hit the region's big banks the hardest, as they typically use their own computer models to calculate capital buffers.
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A significant and sustained financial deterioration, beyond Fitch's expectations, in asset quality or profitability, without the maintenance of adequate buffers, could lead to negative rating action.
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On Wednesday, the FSA put forward a proposal to raise capital buffers against the risk of loss from banks' lending to the commercial real-estate sector.
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The new Basel rules will also restrict internal risk models currently used by most Swedish banks, which give them discretion in allocating risk and capital buffers.
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NordLB, as well as peers such as HSH, Commerzbank , DVB and KFW, have taken writedowns and boosted capital buffers against the risk of shipping loans turning sour.
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The International Monetary Fund said on March 9 that Sri Lanka's economy remained vulnerable to adverse shocks due to its large public debt and low external buffers.
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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund had advised Russia to readopt a budget rule, since stronger fiscal buffers are seen helping the country withstand external shocks.
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Backers of the scheme note that clearing gold business through an exchange will have regulatory advantages as it means banks would have to hold smaller capital buffers.
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Bank credit profiles should broadly remain intact, but there could be modest pressure on the ratings of some banks if sufficient loss-absorption buffers are not maintained.
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Banks with Long-Term Ratings Driven by Intrinsic Strength Enhanced loss absorption buffers against operating environment-related risks could be positive for CB's National Long-Term Rating.
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Funding new nuclear plants has become critical as Hitachi became the second Japanese firm to say its British nuclear power project had hit the buffers over financing.
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"The financial system stabilized following the 2014 bank collapse, reflecting the initial reforms, and the overall significant capital and liquidity buffers," the IMF said in a statement.
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We view Eurobank's capitalisation as solid given the bank's significant buffers over regulatory capital minimums, solid internal capital generation (supported by strong margins) and good risk controls.
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Like other major Chinese banks, it is seeing margins squeezed by the central bank's successive rate cuts and profitability and capital buffers eroded by rising bad debt.
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He added that any commercial banks found to need more capital deposits would have until June 2020 to fix their buffers and could keep operating until then.
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Banks with Long-Term Ratings Driven by Intrinsic Strength Enhanced loss absorption buffers against a volatile operating environment could be positive for CB's National Long-Term rating.
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An alternation of the bank's strategy or risk appetite, a weakening liquidity profile, and/or reduced buffers on regulatory capital minimums could also yield negative rating momentum.
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A positive rating action would be contingent on Islandsbanki maintaining a moderate risk appetite, while sustaining the asset quality improvements and large capital buffers achieved to date.
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Fitch expects take-up by Southern European banks of targeted longer-term refinancing operations to be low in 2016, partly because banks generally hold ample liquidity buffers.
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The International Monetary Fund said on March 9 that Sri Lanka's economy remains vulnerable to adverse shocks due to its large public debt and low external buffers.
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It is likely that central government resources will be necessary to supplement banks' existing means - such as earnings and loss-absorption buffers - to resolve China's debt overhang.
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System-wide provision buffers have fallen, with the average provision coverage ratio for joint-stock banks at 176% at end-June 103, against the 150% regulatory minimum.
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However, Vietnam's banking sector has structural systemic weaknesses - thin capital buffers, a large NPL stock and low profitability - that can only be addressed over the long term.
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Television pictures showed the train had run into buffers at the end of the railway line at Richmond, about 65 km (40 miles)northwest of central Sydney.
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The back book of wobbling ship loans has forced lenders such as NordLB, HSH, Commerzbank and KFW to take writedowns and boost buffers against portfolios turning bad.
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However, the exposure could prompt their ratings to be reviewed should their risk appetite increase significantly and/or risks become mis-aligned with their loss-absorption buffers.
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ABN aims to keep capital buffers elevated as new banking regulations, known as Basel IV, look set to significantly shrink them once they fully come into effect.
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At 2212 November, Sberbank's prudential Tier 2908 capital ratio stood at 20500% which is 2212pts above the statutory minimum, including buffers applicable from 00071000 January 75 (21%).
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Massive budget deficits of the size observed in the U.S. would be an abomination, especially if the economy is booming and fiscal policy buffers could be strengthened.
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The ECB has forced banks to build buffers for years but said they now have ample capital and the supervisory focus is now shifting to reforming operations.
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Nevertheless, we believe the region is generally well-placed to cope, with most countries running current account surpluses or small deficits and holding large foreign exchange buffers.
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The economic environment remains muted and could constrain SCB's performance and asset quality, but is not expected to significantly impair the bank's capital and reserve coverage buffers.
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Increasing the size of these loss-absorbing buffers would further limit the chances of a financial crisis and improve the outlook for long-term, sustainable economic growth.
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This meant the poor neighborhoods were subjected to the noise, pollution, and bustle of the working city, while others got parks and buffers from the same hustle.
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The buffers are being gradually phased in until 2019 when they should reach 13% and 1%, resulting in fully loaded minimum requirements of, respectively, 8% and 9.5%.
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Mr. Leckey stuck with music with his "Sound System" sculptures, totemlike stacks of speakers, amps and buffers that burble out snippets of vocals, beats and bodily sounds.
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The investors could then count on a steady stream of franchise fees and royalty payments — buffers against overall sales declines if, say, the market ever became oversaturated.
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With reduced capital buffers, the banks can afford to spend more on repurchasing their shares, distributing dividends to shareholders, paying their employees or lending more to clients.
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The Federal Reserve supports firms that choose to use their capital and liquidity buffers to lend and undertake other supportive actions in a safe and sound manner.
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They were ordered to keep their shareholder payouts at last year's level and build up their capital buffers — but don't expect them to be hamstrung next year.
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They need to talk and brainstorm together, not in elite settings with invited cadres, but continuously, in small and large forums, with real openness and without buffers.
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An environmental classic, the book changed the way the U.S. viewed its wetlands, as important ecosystems and surge buffers rather than worthless swamps more useful when drained.
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STOCKHOLM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Sweden's financial watchdog proposed on Wednesday higher capital buffers for banks to cover increased risks from lending to the commercial real estate sector.
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The rejection puts Carige's future into question and raises more questions over the sector, which is wrestling with rising funding costs and a hit to capital buffers.
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The Lloyds's Long-Term IDR of 'A+' is above the bank's Viability Rating of 'a' due to sufficient junior debt buffers available at the holding company level.
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Mediobanca The ratings reflect the group's adequate capitalisation and leverage, which are maintained with satisfactory buffers over regulatory minimums and are commensurate with the bank's risk profile.
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However, fintech businesses have found banks reluctant to share customer data while proposed regulatory rules such as higher liquidity and capital buffers are also seen as barriers.
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The RBI agreed to extend a deadline for lenders to further lift capital conservation buffers, by a year to March 31, 2020, at its board meeting on Monday.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Efforts by Alstom and Siemens to create a European rail champion could yet hit the buffers despite their latest concessions to try to address antitrust concerns.
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"While economic conditions are gradually improving, challenges still remain and banks may decide to maintain additional buffers to potentially counter any eventualities," he said in a research note.
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The Basel III guidelines agreed on in 2010 include measures like countercyclical capital buffers: bank-capital requirements which can be tweaked as lenders look more or less reckless.
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The raising, or planned raising, of additional capital in 2016 at some mid-tier banks should help increase their risk buffers, provided there is no acceleration in growth.
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The pile far exceeds the cash buffers that tech and pharmaceutical firms traditionally carry to compensate for their lack of physical assets that debt can be secured against.
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This gives them more room, it makes it less likely that they start restraining activity now in order to avoid hitting those buffers and constraints for the future.
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For example, it allows directly for asset risks that vary by rating and duration, and capital buffers such as funds for future appropriation are fully factored into TAC.
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In the UK, Lloyds Banking Group and Standard Chartered have Issuer Default Ratings one notch above their Viability Ratings to reflect the build-up of subordinated debt buffers.
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Fitch would downgrade Sampath's rating if the bank is unable to maintain capital buffers commensurate with its risk profile and operating environment-related risks over the medium term.
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The finance ministry plans to raise up to 5.3 billion levs ($3.03 billion) this year, part of which will be to set aside liquidity buffers for the banks.
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Catastrophes tend to accentuate pre-existing credit weaknesses, such as a lack of policy flexibility, financing options or fiscal buffers, as in Ecuador following the April 2016 earthquake.
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Downward pressure on the VR could arise from sharp deterioration in asset quality, following the seasoning of high loan growth before 11533, contributing to erosion of capital buffers.
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Oil prices will have to rise high enough in 2018/123 to slow growth in consumption and restore inventory and spare capacity buffers to a more comfortable level.
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We see rapid loan growth as an indicator of higher risk appetite, but risk controls and capital management should remain adequate to help banks maintain sufficient risk buffers.
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In December the central bank set buffers of between 0.125 percent and 0.5 percent of total risk exposure for 11 lenders as of the beginning of this year.
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But the BoE said on Thursday that this year's test "hurdle" will also include secondary buffers held by the banks to reflect their domestic and global systemic importance.
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Under the central bank's proposals, banks are already increasing capital buffers as part of the Basel III process and should fully comply during the next couple of years.
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That upwards trajectory set the stage for Tuesday's transaction, allowing the bank to load up on funding and beef up its loss-absorbing buffers in one fell swoop.
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Investors have grown increasingly familiar with SNP debt throughout 22 - a new asset class that enables lenders to build up their regulatory buffers in a cost efficient way.
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Raiffeisen said last year that it could live with the government's proposal and build up its so-called total loss-absorption capacity capital buffers during a transition period.
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Since the government mortgage machine need not make a profit or have safety buffers, well-run private firms cannot compete, so many banks have withdrawn from making mortgages.
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Under the text voted in the EU assembly, banks would have less strict requirements to cover for bad loan losses in the build-up of their full buffers.
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This may be apparent in rapid balance sheet growth or excessive borrower or sector concentrations, without a corresponding improvement in the banks' risk controls and loss absorption buffers.
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But to Weiner, leaving gaps or "buffers" on his calendar to stop being busy and just think (or meditate) is the "single most important productivity tool" he uses.
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"Most significant institutions already have capital levels above the CET1 levels and buffers required by the ECB and national authorities, respectively," the ECB said in a press release.
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The central bank said financial institutions have "substantially increased" their capital buffers since new rules were put in place to guard against another financial collapse: http://bit.ly/295lJBL.
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Neither of the videos has sound, said Superintendent of Police Eddie T. Johnson, because the first 30 seconds of audio buffers as soon as the videos are activated.
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The researchers showed in May that they could both manipulate those buffers to contain sensitive data like cryptographic keys or passwords, and also cause aborted speculative memory accesses.
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They protect 703,000km (93,000 miles) of shoreline in more than 216 countries and territories by acting as coastal buffers, enduring the brunt of high waves and rough weather.
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A sale of FinecoBank, which has a market value of 3.1 billion euros, would help UniCredit strengthen its capital buffers and reduce the need for a share issue.
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AUBK's VR could face downward pressure if there was a significant deterioration in asset quality due to event risk arising from its large borrower concentrations, eroding capital buffers.
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However, in light of the adequate liquidity buffers of Ziraat, Halk and Vakifbank, foreign currency liquidity needs should be manageable for the sovereign even in quite extreme scenarios.
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BRRD also requires institutions to build up additional loss-absorbing buffers to facilitate orderly resolution under so-called 'minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities' (MREL) rules.
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The leverage ratio is a measure of capital to non-risk weighted assets, and is meant to be a backstop to a bank's risk-weighted core capital buffers.
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To beef up capital buffers the bank plans to sell around 1 billion euros in real estate assets and dispose also of other non-core assets, it said.
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Since the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, U.S. bank holding companies have built up substantial levels of capital and liquidity in excess of regulatory minimums and buffers.
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Most oil-based funds are required to keep substantial cash-buffers in place in case a collapse in oil prices triggers a request from the government for funding.
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In addition to the aggressive monetary policy, the Fed also became a tough regulator, pushing banks to increase their capital buffers to prevent another liquidity crisis from happening.
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Shares in Munich Re nonetheless edged up by 0.4 percent in early trade on Thursday, with analysts saying the group had sufficient capital buffers to weather some headwinds.
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In all cases, loss absorption ability is sound due to relatively solid and stable capitalization ratios (all with satisfactory buffers over regulatory minimums) and moderate loan loss reserves.
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New rules meant lenders had to deleverage and increase their capital buffers, a move many believe has mostly guarded the financial system from another meltdown of similar proportions.
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A year ago, at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a locomotive smashed through the buffers and burst into flames at Cairo's main train station.
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The government is also discussing with Brussels a scheme that would allow Monte dei Paschi to drastically lower its impaired loans without excessively eating into its capital buffers.
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Incentives abound to buy land, invest in machinery, plant crops, raise cattle and experts warn chop down the Amazon rainforest, one of the major buffers against climate change.
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Lagarde suggested the ECB could force banks to factor climate impacts into their risk assessments, which could require them to build bigger buffers for investments in polluting sectors.
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In our view, capital requirements applicable to the group provide strong incentives for the permanence of such buffers, which underpins the uplift to Credit Suisse's Long-Term IDR.
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NordLB, as well as peers such as HSH, Commerzbank , DVB and KfW, have taken large writedowns and boosted capital buffers against the risk of shipping loans turning sour.
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The Fed unveiled plans this month to tailor capital buffers for banks to their risk profiles and recalculate the minimum ratio of a bank's leverage to core capital.
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The aim is to build up a clearly defined pot of capital to begin covering losses from soured loans in a downturn without eating into core buffers immediately.
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Incentives abound to buy land, invest in machinery, plant crops, raise cattle and — experts warn — chop down the Amazon rainforest, one of the major buffers against climate change.
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Nagano, who took over as Tokio Marine's CEO in 2013, said the firm would have sufficient capital buffers even after spending 1 trillion yen ($9.13 billion) on acquisitions.
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And coming days may see big lenders scaling back repo lending and reducing deposits at the Fed to comply with rules requiring them to show sufficient cash buffers.
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As investors fled risky assets, they pumped up their portfolios' cash buffers, driving the average to 5.6% from 4.6% - the biggest jump since the 2011 debt ceiling crisis.
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This split effectively lowers the level of capital needed to avoid triggering maximum distributable amount (MDA) restrictions, which prevent the bank from making distributions if capital buffers are breached.
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Delinquencies are likely to continue eroding liquidity and cash buffers in the meantime, as inflows from distressed borrowers remain weak and more resources are directed at forbearance and support.
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The stress test showed that many of the banks involved have not only built up adequate capital buffers but also improved risk management, the Fed said late on Wednesday.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a locomotive smashed through the buffers and burst into flames at Cairo's main train station on Wednesday.
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They have historically supported Rome's funding needs at times of stress, picking up high-yielding bonds that help revenues but hurt their capital buffers when their value drops further.
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A "hold harmless" provision buffers most retirees from increased Medicare Part B expenses in a year when the increase in the premium is higher than the Social Security COLA.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England (BoE) said this year's stress test of major banks will measure how non-core capital buffers stand up to market and economic stresses.
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While the banks have larger buffers today than in 2007, "in some areas, current developments are similar to developments in the period up to the financial crisis," it said.
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The RBI also agreed to extend a deadline for lenders to further lift capital conservation buffers, by one year to March 31, 13, giving banks additional room to lend.
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But it is also the result of banks' willingness to narrow the buffers they build into the contracts to protect themselves against the risk of a market sell-off.
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Starry thinks it can clean up that mess with its Starry Station, a $300 touchscreen router that buffers data for seamless downloads, monitors network usage and offers parental controls.
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PRAGUE, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The Czech central bank will adjust risk buffers for individual systemically important banks as of January next year, the bank said on Twitter on Tuesday.
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This is the case in Poland, where FC mortgages are 100% risk weighted and substantial additional capital buffers have recently been introduced for banks with large FC mortgage books.
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Investors are concerned that the rapid depreciation in Turkey's currency will erode capital buffers at its banks, and Goldman Sachs identified Yapi Kredi as having the weakest capital levels.
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This is mitigated by reasonable coverage of impaired loans by total reserves (about 73%), substantial capital buffers and a high proportion of low-risk exposures outside the loan book.
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Capitalisation is underpinned by the bank's substantial capital buffers, solid pre-impairment profits and moderate risk appetite, which mitigate challenges stemming from the operating environment and weak asset quality.
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The VR also factors in significant and only gradually declining single-name concentrations in the loan book and still only moderate, albeit improved, capital buffers given FIBank's risk exposures.
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But this has hit the buffers for the moment because no country wants to take the risk of being the first to issue the bonds, according to the sources.
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Kudrin, who served as finance minister from 2000 to 2011, won praise from foreign investors for building up Russia's formidable fiscal buffers during an era of high oil prices.
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Banks below the new threshold will no longer be automatically subject to annual Fed stress tests and capital buffers meant to protect large firms are from severe financial crises.
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It last reported a phased-in CET1 ratio of 12.4% at the issuer and 11.9% at the group level, representing respective buffers to trigger of around €10.2bn and €10.4bn.
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"The antagonistic political environment is also weakening global and national institutions, lowering the shock-absorption capacity of sovereigns with high debt burdens and low fiscal buffers," the report said.
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With regards to risk assessment, European banks complained that the compromise proposal would put them at a disadvantage to their U.S. rivals by requiring bigger capital buffers against mortgages.
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The International monetary Fund said in September that consumer credit in Britain was rising much faster than income and this could require "additional increases in bank-specific capital buffers".
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Diwa Guinigundo, the deputy governor at the Philippine central bank, also said ASEAN countries have adequate buffers because their foreign exchange reserves are high and economic growth is strong.
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When that happens, the processor instead grabs arbitrary data from buffers, parts of the chip that serve as the "pipes" between different components, like the processor and its cache.
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Eight of the non-systemically important sample banks (excluding failed and rescued banks and those not reporting capital ratios) breached the regulatory buffers, but not the minimum capital requirements.
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At the same time, Italy and other high-debt countries should take advantage of the recovery to carry out reforms and build buffers against future shocks, the IMF recommended.
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The Fed also unveiled plans in April to tailor the capital buffers for banks to their risk and recalculate the minimum ratio of a bank's leverage to core capital.
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Meanwhile, countries such as Papua New Guinea, Laos and Myanmar may have to increase their fiscal buffers through a conservative fiscal stance and better public debt management, he said.
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The funds and eligible liabilities that banks have to set aside for a possible bail-in come in addition to their core capital buffers to tap in a crisis.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A spectacular rally that last week took palladium to record highs has hit the buffers, with the metal plummeting almost 22 percent in three days this week.
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This reflects their weak standalone profiles, with Halyk (rated 'BB'/Outlook Stable) being a notable exception with better asset quality, moderate FX lending, and robust capital and profitability buffers.
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Downward pressure on the VR could arise from sharp deterioration in asset quality, following the seasoning of recent high loan growth, contributing to erosion of already limited capital buffers.
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A central bank statement said that Ireland's financial system has built up capital and liquidity buffers since the banking crisis a decade ago precisely for periods such as this.
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Bank can fully use capital and liquidity buffers, including Pillar 2 Guidance and will benefit from relief in the composition of capital for Pillar 2 Requirements, the supervisor said.
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However, they can ill afford to see their capital buffers eroded by loan loss charges if the moratoriums lead to loans being classed as impaired under the new rules.
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NordLB and BLB, as well as peers such as HSH, Commerzbank, DVB and KFW, have taken writedowns and boosted capital buffers against the risk of shipping loans turning sour.
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Loosening capital buffers and the so-called enhanced supplementary leverage ratio could let some of the biggest banks redirect billions of previously untouched dollars into new loans and investments.
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Prolongation of the low-growth, low-interest-rate environment threatens to tighten the squeeze on bank earnings, hampering capital-raising efforts by some to continue building "bail-in" buffers.
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Bulgaria's fourth-largest bank needs to increase its capital buffers after an ECB assessment of six banks found a capital shortfall at Fibank of 20.9023 million euros ($291.37 million).
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The FSA said in May that Sweden's financial system is robust but that banks should have larger capital buffers to deal with potential risks in lending to the sector.
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Banco BPM earlier this month struck a consumer credit deal with Credit Agricole which helped it to boost its capital buffers, paving the way for the bad loan sale.
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The berm surrounding the park would be the first link in a string of buffers around all Lower Manhattan — known as the Big U — to protect against rising seas.
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So we've been able to push back on stream buffers, on some gas pipeline issues that were really fraught for the environment, but not by trying to convince them.
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As a top exporter embedded in the Eurasian continent and thus without the geographic buffers of Britain, America or Australia, it is perhaps uniquely invested in the architecture of globalisation.
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The introduction of measures, such as interest-rate floors, means borrowers should have more buffers to withstand increases in interest rates and unemployment, and a slowdown in the housing market.
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Thailand's strong external and fiscal buffers make it less exposed to potential shocks than many Asian peers, according to Mr. Andrew Fennell, Director, Asia-Pacific (APAC) Sovereigns at Fitch Ratings.
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Fitch believes that UGF will likely continue to provide capital if the need arises, but the bank's regulatory capital ratios remain weak and with tight buffers above minimum regulatory requirement.
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We expect the new SREP requirements for some banks to rise to a high of 244% by 220 as global systemically important bank and systemic risk buffers are phased in.
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HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, Santander UK, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide Building Society and Standard Chartered all ended the test with capital buffers above their bespoke pass marks, the FPC said.
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The test showed the banks taking a collective loss of 170 billion pounds ($218 billion) of trading and credit losses, but still having high enough capital buffers to maintain lending.
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The report found that financial contagion has been reduced by new rules requiring counterparties to increase their financial buffers by posting initial margin on all non-centrally cleared derivatives transactions.
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That said, the capitalisation of most Hong Kong banks has increased in recent years due to steady internal capital generation, and provides adequate loss-absorption buffers against China concentration risks.
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Aside from keeping Sessions away from the attorney general spot, there are two buffers standing in the way of the federal government just devolving into full "Just Say No" territory.
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Basel said banks were in full compliance with rules requiring them to hold "liquidity" buffers of assets that could be sold quickly in a crisis to avoid burning through capital.
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If you discover that your episode of The Umbrella Academy buffers between the living room to your bedroom, then the best blanket solution is a TP-Link mesh WiFi system.
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Credit Agricole restructured its complex business during the third quarter, enabling it to set a minimum dividend level for payment next year and improve its closely-watched regulatory capital buffers.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities brokers in the European Union should be given a three-year exemption from the full range of mandatory capital buffers, the bloc's member states said on Wednesday.
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This new style of senior debt is expected to become a major asset class for European banks as they respond to regulatory demands to beef up their loss absorbing buffers.
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Following the Bulgarian stress tests the central bank drew up plans with some lenders to increase or maintain their capital buffers, it said, but did not disclose how many lenders.
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The hurricane represented a "real test" of reinsurers' exposure, S&P Global said in a report, but it did not see a ratings impact, due to reinsurers' strong capital buffers.
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Fitch would revise Sampath's Outlook to Stable if there is a capital infusion and the bank maintains sufficient capital buffers commensurate with its risk profile and operating environment-related risks.
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Last November it was unable to reach a deal on reforms to inject more consistency into how banks assess risks from loans to determine the size of their capital buffers.
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Regulatory capital ratios are also only moderate, with a Tier 1 ratio of 7.9% (minimum with buffers is 7.3%) and total capital ratio of 13.6% (minimum 9.3%) at end-2016.
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We also take into account its capital ratios with satisfactory buffers over regulatory minimums in light of some lending concentration, and a substantial depositor base with a strong retail component.
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The bank's expansion in Egypt and the implementation of Basel 3 have reduced capitalisation levels and buffers over minimum requirements (the Fitch Core Capital ratio was 15.7% at end-1H17).
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Both are meant to protect Britain from global banks blowing up, but they duplicate other measures aimed at the same problem—silos, capital surcharges, "bail-in" bonds and liquidity buffers.
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Fitch does not expect changes to the bank's strategy, but significant deviations from the moderate risk appetite and/or operating with reduced liquidity or capital buffers could be rating-negative.
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This makes Italian banks even less keen to sell, as it would force them to take a large hit to their already thin capital buffers when selling the duff loans.
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The BoE has set a 2022 target for major banks to be resolvable, such as forcing them to hold special debt that can be written down to replenish capital buffers.
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Yet the dollar's yield buffers are already the widest in decades and it still failed to sustain a rally, being at much the same levels that it was in May.
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" He cast President Donald Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis and chief of staff John Kelly as the buffers who "help separate our country from chaos.
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The overhaul, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, sets the level of buffers banks must raise to absorb losses and introduces new capital requirements to strengthen financial stability.
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Banks' buffers should also be made of riskier, subordinated debt that would be wiped out in a crisis and therefore is likely to be more expensive to sell to investors.
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Supportive shareholders have allowed Kapital to operate with high capital adequacy ratios (equity/assets: 40.3% at end-28403) and its significant capital buffers should enable it to absorb unexpected losses.
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The latter is based on a track record of sovereign support between 2009 and 1Q11 when some banks received capital injections to enhance their capital buffers following the financial crisis.
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We also needed to extract video frame buffers into a 2D texture to be applied as a material for the sphere, and to do that we decided to use SpriteKit.
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These capital cushions allowed only limited loss absorption capacity equal to 6% of loans at BPS, 5% at BGPB and 1.7% at BelVEB, without breaching regulatory minimum levels (including buffers).
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But the gradual introduction of Basel 3 could spur equity-raising and Tier 2 issuance as banks build up buffers, particularly while weaker profitability may weaken underlying internal capital generation.
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Yet the dollar's yield buffers are already the widest in decades and it still failed to sustain a rally, being at much the same levels it was back in May.
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The drought will weigh on Sri Lanka's current account deficit and foreign-exchange reserve buffers, while the government's handouts for farming families could make the fiscal deficit target a challenge.
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But he said the Philippines was "very far from any foreign exchange crisis" given its large foreign exchange reserves and "secondary buffers" as well as the country's investment grade-rating.
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One of the reform's objectives is to reduce the use of internal models used by some banks to determine risk and capital buffers after regulators found huge variations in calculations.
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ICICI Bank ICICI's VR of 'bbb-' primarily reflects its solid core capital ratio, which provides the bank with good buffers to absorb pressures from current and potential asset quality stress.
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RIGA (Reuters) - European regulators should require banks to build up their buffers against possible economic and financial stress, the European Central Bank's vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Monday.
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"Small businesses, which typically have very small cash buffers, and those in sectors that will be particularly hit by the containment measures -- hotels, restaurants, tourism -- are particularly vulnerable," Talavera said.
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We have enough science to understand how we can be implementing policies that reduce the dose of adversity for kids and enhance the ability of their caregivers to be buffers.
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"The Federal Reserve supports firms that choose to use their capital and liquidity buffers to lend and undertake other supportive actions in a safe and sound manner," the Fed said.
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An environmental classic, the book changed the way the U.S. viewed its wetlands, as important ecosystems and surge buffers rather than as worthless swamps that are more useful when drained.
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It is also a stark warning that without action to protect the forest from wildfires, one of the world's best buffers against further climate change is in danger of crumbling.
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A few years ago, there was great excitement about telomeres, Liz Blackburn's specialty—DNA buffers that protect the ends of chromosomes just as plastic tips protect the ends of shoelaces.
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He added that the central bank would look at how to relax foreign reserve measures and let Thai businesses keep currencies abroad because the country already had sufficient international buffers.
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"The top priority in this area is for national policymakers to build up fiscal buffers to ensure policy space for future downturns," De Guindos told an academic audience in Madrid.
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Fitch does not expect changes to the bank's strategy, but significant deviations from the moderate risk appetite and/or operating with reduced liquidity or capital buffers could be rating negative.
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Smaller lenders are at risk of a deterioration in asset quality, more so than medium and large banks due to "thinner capital buffers and lower revenue generation," the report said.
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Kenya's rail and power companies own huge tracts of land nationwide as safety buffers where their lines pass and for future expansion, although much of it has been encroached on.
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In her speech, Yellen summarizes the reforms, pointing out how banks are now required to hold much higher buffers against losses and to hold much greater stores of liquid assets.
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While credit growth is showing signs of slowing, S&P says it is expected to continue outpacing economic growth, leaving China with thinner financial buffers to deal with any crisis.
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In September, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said the central bank was considering factoring in capital buffers, which correlate to banks' sizes and are currently being phased in for U.S. institutions.
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Dodd-Frank reforms after the financial crisis sought to increase capital buffers, decrease risk-taking and institute a procedure for unwinding banks that fell into the "too big to fail" category.
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Three of the sampled banks (excluding failed and rescued banks and those not reporting capital ratios) had capital ratios above the minimum capital requirements, but did not meet the regulatory buffers.
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Barclays reported worse-than-expected net profits for 2016, but posted a surprise uptick in its capital buffers as the U.K.-based bank nears the end of a major restructuring program.
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The nation's banks had a record 211 billion reais, or 7 percent of outstanding loans, in the form of loan-loss buffers as of June, central bank data showed this week.
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This, together with the bank's sound Fitch core capital ratio at 14.1% at end-June 2016, provides meaningful buffers against unexpected losses, driving the Stable Outlook on the Long-Term IDR.
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WELLINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said on Wednesday that the country's financial system remained sound with the banking system holding sufficient capital and liquidity buffers.
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Fitch does not view China-related growth negatively in itself, but a further increase in China exposure without adequate controls and capital buffers could have a negative impact on banks' ratings.
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The main factors that could, individually or collectively, lead to positive rating action, are: -The rebuilding of fiscal and external savings buffers, for example through a sustained recovery in oil prices.
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Although Basel 3 need not be fully honoured until 2019, most banks are far above the minimum of 4.5% (additional buffers, some at national level, raise the actual floor much higher).
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The full impact can take time to feed through to credit metrics, as countries initially draw on reserves and financing options, and due to lags and informal buffers in the economy.
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The report also tried to calm the markets by saying that the BoE is ready to take action to ensure capital and liquidity buffers can be drawn on to support lending.
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Many Britons, not just Mr Corbyn, resent the City's post-crisis bail-out—no matter that British banks have since tripled their capital buffers, and thus pose little threat to taxpayers.
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The main factors that individually or collectively might lead to negative rating action are: - Sustained weakness in hydrocarbon revenues and a failure to scale back expenditure, eroding fiscal and external buffers.
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Those buffers - known as price flex on leveraged loans and cap rates on high-yield bonds - effectively set the maximum rates that will be charged to a borrower for the financing.
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Moreover, APAC banks are still likely to prepare for the new requirements by further building up capital and other loss-absorbing buffers, which will strengthen their financial profiles and underpin ratings.
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They also incorporate Fitch's expectation that the banks will maintain broadly-steady asset quality, adequate capital buffers and stable funding and liquidity profiles as they grow and potentially gain market share.
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LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of England (BoE) said this year's stress test of major banks will include how non-core capital buffers stand up to market and economic stresses.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will ask banks to hold broadly the same amount in capital buffers this year as in 2015, its head of banking supervision said on Wednesday.
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On top of core requirements that are mandatory for all lenders, banks typically hold capital buffers known as "pillar 2" capital to cover additional risks on a bank-by-bank basis.
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The bank's VR also factors in the bank's satisfactory capital buffers above the minimum regulatory requirements and in light of high lending concentrations, as well as a moderate franchise in Oman.
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Banks have been required to hold enough cash and government bonds to withstand outflows for up to a month without having to run down capital buffers or call on outside funds.
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Banks' VRs may be hurt by continued rapid growth in entrusted investments which contributes to a greater risk appetite and weaker loss-absorption capacity (in the absence of building additional buffers).
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That said, earnings buffers at the major banks remain robust, and should be sufficient to cover higher credit costs while also maintaining high profitability relative to other banks in the region.
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"It does make a lot of sense to push out the average maturity and have cash buffers so that the liquidity and thereby coupon payments are not an issue," he said.
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STOCKHOLM, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Sweden's Debt Office has set the minimum level of buffers the country's major banks need to prevent taxpayers from bearing the burdens of any eventual bank bailout.
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Fitch believes that banks need to build larger capital buffers given the weakening operating environment, as indicated by the recent downgrade of the sovereign Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to 'BB+'.
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Many major foreign-owned banks tend to have lower core capital buffers than that, but Fitch believes they are likely to benefit from extraordinary support from their highly rated parent banks.
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But if investor confidence weakens for a sustained period, funding costs could rise as banks issue more debt to build their minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) buffers.
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However, significant progress on the bank's capital optimization plan which leads to the restoration of its capital buffers could resolve the Negative Watch given the bank's overall financial and business profile.
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Banks can borrow for up to 90 days from the so-called discount window, and are being told they can tap capital and liquidity buffers built up since the last crisis.
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" And "several" pointed out that "planned increases in dividend payouts by large banks and the associated decline in capital buffers might leave those banks with less capacity to weather adverse shocks.
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One of the main methods is to restore the wetlands and waterways that regulate the local water supply so that they can act as natural drainage systems and buffers against storms.
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In that event, the processor is designed to access arbitrary data from buffers, parts of the chip that serve as the "pipes" between different components, such as its processor and cache.
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"Most significant institutions already have capital levels above the CET1 levels and buffers required by the ECB and national authorities, respectively," the ECB said in a press release accompanying the presentation.
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Last November it was unable to reach a deal to over how to inject more consistency into how banks assess risks from loans to determine the size of their capital buffers.
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For the UK and eurozone GTUBs, debt buffers are not yet sufficiently large to warrant an uplift or have not been pre-placed in a manner that effectively protect senior creditors.
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The bank needs to increase its capital buffers after a comprehensive assessment of six Bulgarian lenders by the ECB found a capital shortfall at Fibank of 21.7649 million euros ($21 million).
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They ultimately chose Sea Island for its vibe, lodging and seclusion — the ocean and an alligator-studded swamp on either side served as good security and anti-protester buffers, he said.
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Central to the bipartisan discussions has been the asset threshold at which banks are deemed systemically important financial institutions or "SIFIs," subjecting them to much stricter oversight including higher capital buffers.
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Risks to external finances from swings in international oil prices and spillover effects of terrorism in the region on tourism receipts will likely remain but Morocco benefits from a number of buffers.
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The group's Tier 1 leverage ratio also improved 25bp to 4.1% at end-3Q16, reflecting the seasonally large leverage exposure in 2Q16 when the group bolstered liquidity buffers in its US operations.
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The funds will boost Greece's already large cash buffers and are a signal for investors that Greek economic policy has the stamp of approval from the country's largest creditor — the euro zone.
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The absence of non-core capital in its capital structure means total capital levels and buffers over Pillar II requirements are moderate, compared with other second-tier banks with similar capital ratios.
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The newspaper also quoted him as saying OPEC was urging its members to build oil capacity buffers to temper any wild upswings in price due to the weak U.S. dollar this year.
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Barclays reported worse-than-expected net profits for 2016, however, the U.K. based lender posted a surprise uptick in its capital buffers as it nears the end of a major restructuring program.
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The entity's phased-in and fully loaded CET0003 ratios stood at 15.7% and 14.9%, respectively, and, together with good coverage levels for impaired loans, provide meaningful buffers against unexpected asset quality shocks.
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Growth that is not managed prudently and is accompanied by a build-up of additional buffers can become a key source of credit and liquidity risk, creating downward pressure on Viability Ratings.
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Koenig said there was still some "way to go" for European banks to reach the required level of loss-absorbing buffers, but Italian banks did not have a "huge deficit" to bridge.
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Under our criteria, we would expect to upgrade certain operating companies (opcos) once we believe sufficient subordinated buffers are available to support other senior creditors in the event of a bank failure.
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Their balance sheets were also propped up by diverse revenue sources and strong capital buffers that gave them an edge over smaller peers which have been hit by China's crackdown on risk.
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