Sentence examples for equity tier from inspiring English sources

The bailout fund would supply the equity tier, which would be first in line for any losses.

On a 10% equity tier one ratio, HSBC can make a return on equity of 15% - compared with 9% in 2010 when the bank did not make enough money to cover its cost of capital.

Clearly equity issuance has been calculated in reference to (probably quite severe) stress tests, but it also assumes a stressed equity tier 1 ratio of 4%, which might be lower than the market is willing to tolerate.

One thing the bank could do at this point, in our view, would be to solicit interest in Citizens' which if sold at book value would boost the equity tier 1 ratio by around 110 basis points, on our estimates, reducing any lingering concern over capital.

In its third-quarter results announcement this week, British banking giant HSBC disclosed its tier 1 ratio increased to 10.3%, and the core equity tier 1 capital ratio strengthened to 9%.

That would help the French bank maintain its core equity tier one ratio close to 10percentt, perceived as a safe level on the back of an asset quality review by the European Central Bank.

Its desired equity tier-one ratio remains unknown.

Suppose they had to hit JPMorgan's equity tier-one ratio of 6.4%.

This suggests the new stress test should target "equity tier-one" capital, which strips out preference stock.

BNP's  common-equity tier-one capital, 10.6% at the end of March, will still be around 10%.  Nor will the bank deviate from the development plan made public in March, which underlines, among other things, the importance of  America as a strategic market.BNP is not out of the woods yet: it is unclear what the impact of its dollar-clearing suspension will be on revenues and franchise.

How much common equity in tier one capital for banks?