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And, if those credits were not counted as assets, both companies would probably fall below the capital threshold they are required to hold.
The effect will be to lower total required holdings by £90 billion, once all eight major banks and building societies meet the capital threshold.
Under the S.E.C.'s plan, banks and other so-called swaps dealers that arrange derivatives contracts would face a fixed-dollar capital threshold.
As a result, they would have a big incentive to reduce their size below $500 billion to qualify for the lower 8 percent capital threshold.
The declining stock market, which has shed $210 billion in the three weeks since the Bank of Japan's last policy meeting, has also pushed some banks close to the minimum capital threshold needed to operate overseas.
Carney says that the move will help get credit flowing: I can confirm today that, for major banks and building societies meeting the minimum 7% capital threshold, the Bank of England will reduce the level of required liquid asset holdings.
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Higher capital thresholds, and lower profits, have led to smaller bonus pools.
Here's the nagging doubt: in the aftermath of the 2007-09 cregulatorsulatorseemededetermineded to set banks' capital thresholds far higher than is now deemed acceptable.
In the aftermath of the 2007-09 cregulatorsulatorseemededetermineded to set banks' capital thresholds far higher than is now deemed acceptable.
Many ways to get rid of that implicit state guarantee have been suggested – living wills, contingent capital that can be "bailed in" and stricter capital thresholds for riskier activities.
It eases oversight and capital requirements (and Volcker Rule compliance) for about two dozen banks falling below new capital thresholds, including BB&T, SunTrust Banks, Fifth Third Bank and American Express.
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