The phrase "a common equity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in financial or investment contexts to refer to a type of equity that is widely held or shared among investors.
Example: "Investors often prefer a common equity because it provides voting rights and the potential for dividends."
Alternatives: "a standard equity" or "a typical equity".
Mitsubishi UFJ said in April that it had agreed to convert its preferred shares in Morgan Stanley into a common equity stake of 22.4 percent.
Clearly shareholders are wary of how these banks value their assets, reckon losses will be overwhelming, are expecting a common equity issue that will dilute their stakes, or are expecting a mix of all three.
We are approaching it right now with preferred equity and mezzanine as a way to enter the business, but we're not ready to take on more risk from a common equity perspective.
And it noted that it was ahead of most global peers in adapting to new capital regulations, attaining a common equity Tier 1 ratio, a measure of an institution's ability to withstand financial shocks, of 9.9 percent by the end of 2012 under the accounting rules known as the Basel III regime.
That gamble looks ever less likely to pay off, however.If a government recapitalisation does prove necessary, the treasury is likely to take one of two routes: a preferred-stock investment that allows the agencies to raise more capital of their own, or nationalisation through a common-equity injection that leaves current owners with nothing, and thus offers the taxpayer a better deal.
"On a tangible common equity basis, we are fine.
Basel 3 requires a 7% common equity ratio.
The crux of the proposed bill would require big banks to maintain a minimum common equity capital ratio of 15 percent of total assets, while only requiring 8 percent for regional banks.
Under new regulatory rules, known as Basel III, the firms must have a Tier 1 common equity ratio, a measure of a bank's ability to weather financial shocks, of roughly 9.5 percent by 2019, though officials are eager for banks to meet their targets as soon as possible.
The automaker managed to strike a deal with the United Auto Workers Tuesday, agreeing to fund a retiree health care trust with a 17.5% common equity stake, $6.5 billion of preferred shares and a $2.5 billion note.
Most believe the stress test will set a bar for tangible common equity, a measure of financial strength that divides the value of outstanding stock by assets.
