A bank’s capital adequacy ratio measures its capital buffer as a proportion of risk‑adjusted credit exposures. The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) expresses how much capital a bank holds compared to its ...

Amid expectations of rate cuts, capital-rich Singapore banks can optimize their capital structures by issuing debt rather ...

European bank balance sheets are shrinking. Barclays Capital analysts note first-quarter declines at 15 of the 25 largest quoted banks in Europe, with banks reporting on average balance sheets 3% ...

Burdened with massive NPLs, many banks have been facing a serious crisis, failing to carry out their daily operations.

Banco Santander SA, one of Europe’s most active sellers of bank risks and assets, expects offerings next year to match the pace set in 2025.

The operational risk component of the agencies' capital proposal could not possibly pass any cost-benefit analysis, write Grag Baer and Francisco Covas, of Bank Policy Institute. If the capital rule ...