One of the most dramatic changes to the banking industry since the financial crisis is the rollout of new capital requirements for banks. Banks today are required to hold higher levels of capital, ...

Learn how risk-weighted assets are used to determine solvency ratio requirements under the Basel III accord, and see how capital requirements have increased.

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With much of the heavy lifting to bolster European banks’ capital ratios done, regulatory attention has shifted toward the risk-weighting of assets, write David Brierley and Vivien Mae Romo of SNL ...

The capital-to-asset ratio calculates a company's assets and capital to determine whether there is enough capital to cover the assets, expressed as a percentage. Useful to regulators, business ...

NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - It’s time for bank regulators to get heavy on risk weighting. The financial and euro zone crises have shown the drawbacks of using banks’ home-grown models ...

Morgan Stanley expanded its risk-weighted asset reduction target, a move that will help the Wall Street bank's capital levels under new rules and potentially boost shareholder returns. Morgan Stanley ...