• Eligible Capital

    • CA-A.3.5

      Banks are allowed three classes of capital (see section CA-2.1) to meet their capital requirements for credit, operational and market risk, as set out below:

      Tier 1: Core capital — May be used to support credit, operational and market risk

      Tier 2: Supplementary capital — May be used to support credit, operational and market risk; and

      Tier 3: Ancillary capital — May be used solely to support market risk.

      Apr 08