• Eligible Capital

    • CA-A.3.5

      Banks are allowed two classes of capital (see section CA-2.2) to meet their capital requirements for credit risk, operational risk and market risk, as set out below:

      Tier 1: Core capital — Supports the calculation of credit risk weighted assets, operational risk and market risk.

      Tier 2: Supplementary capital — Supports credit risk, operational risk and market risk subject to limitations.

      Apr 08