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Nowadays this equity buffer is down to almost nothing.
American banks that regulators do not consider systemic, for instance, need an equity buffer of just 7%.
And since a bigger equity buffer would make profits less volatile, investors should actually accept a lower ROE, mitigating part of the impact.
"Borrowers should take the opportunity to build an equity buffer for when base rate moves and inevitable interest rate rises follow.
He hinted that systemically important financial institutions may have to hold as much as twice the Tier 1 common equity buffer that will be required under international standards known as Basel III.
The Basel committee should look at the debate under way in Britain, where an independent commission has proposed an additional equity buffer of 3% for big retail banks.The other thing that regulators need to do is soften the blow when banks do get into trouble.
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Balance-sheets are being trimmed and equity buffers built up.
Its recommendation was to increase the equity buffers to 11 per cent of their risk-weighted assets.
Their main weapon, however, is forcing banks to have bigger equity buffers.
You might also want equity buffers at money-market funds, and the Fed presidents bring this up as a possibility.
Firms without significant equity buffers are more likely to go broke, banks more likely to topple (see Free Exchange).
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