Sentence examples for core tier from inspiring English sources

"This offers building societies more flexibility in terms of their core tier 1 capital.

Its crucial core tier one capital ratio was 9.5% at the end of September.

Now building societies, like banks, have the option of raising core tier 1 capital from external sources".

"We can't live on a sliver of a core tier one ratio," said Booker of the need to raise more capital.

The bank's closely watched measure of capital – the core tier one capital ratio – rose to 12.5% from 12% by the end of the first quarter.

But, even before publication, one thing is already painfully clear: the bailed-out bank's core tier one ratio has now soared to 11.3%.

The bank stressed that its crucial core tier 1 ratio – a measure of its financial strength – has doubled from 5.6% since the end of 2008 to 11%.

Its crucial measure of financial strength, the core tier one ratio, would have plunged to 7.2%, just above the 7% regulatory minimum, without the latest request for funds.

It was the only one to fall below the 4.5% minimum core tier one capital ratio – a key measure of financial strength – set by the Bank of England.

However, include both these items and the core tier-one ratio would drop to just 2%.

DTAs account for about 37% of Spanish banks' core tier-1 capital, but do not count as core capital under the new Basel 3 global banking rules.