Capital Conservation Buffer

Some articles on buffer, capital, capital conservation buffer:

Basel II and The Regulators - Implementation Progress
... Existing RBI norms for banks in India (as of September 2010) Common equity (incl of buffer) 3.6%(Buffer Basel 2 requirement requirements are zero.) Tier 1 requirement 6% ... Total Capital 9% of risk weighted assets ... According to the draft guidelines published by RBI the capital ratios are set to become Common Equity as 5% + 2.5% (Capital Conservation Buffer) + 0–2.5% (Counter Cyclical Buffer), 7% of Tier 1 capital ...

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