Translation of "Regulatorisches eigenkapital" in English

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision therefore recognises CoCo bonds as regulatory capital under certain conditions.

As an example, and on the basis of evidence from the recent financial crisis and of performed model simulations, an appropriate percentage of total liabilities which could be subject to bail in could be equal to 10% of total liabilities (excluding regulatory capital).

Finally, the Equity Range of the State Protection measure is also assessed. The Commission notes that it could be considered as equivalent to a capital injection, given that the CBFA accepts it as regulatory capital which improves the capital position of the bank.

Banks were required at the time to maintain a minimum of 8% of regulatory capital measured in terms of credit risk-weighted assets.

In addition to regulatory capital, this can also include certain liabilities.

We believe that banking supervision must be internationally agreed and of the same kind throughout the EU, and that, in particular the banks’ equity capital required by law must be more rigorously adjusted to take account of commercial risks.

The measure transferred non-strategic and non-performing assets such as government bonds or non-performing property loans (or, as described in recital 49, only their regulatory capital usage) into a government-backed vehicle to be wound down over a number of years.

A critical regulatory issue concerns the absence of a distinct and suitably calibrated calculation of the regulatory capital that institutional investors should hold against infrastructure investments.

Furthermore, differences across Member States in the definition of debt and equity and their respective tax treatment, including in relation to regulatory capital instruments, may hamper a level-playing field, fragment markets and create opportunities for profit-shifting.

Total regulatory capital (7) as at 30 June 2016 was EUR 20.0 billion, up by EUR 0.9 billion on the end of the previous year.

In absolute terms, total regulatory capital at the end of the first quarter of 2016 was EUR 19.5 billion, up by EUR 436 million versus the end of the previous year.

As at 31 December 2014, regulatory equity was EUR 17.5 billion, up by EUR 1.4 billion on the end of the previous year (31 December 2013: EUR 16.0 billion).

But is it logical, for an instrument that is counted towards capital in regulatory terms, to call for tax deductibility on coupon payments just like for borrowed funds and hence to privilege them against e.g. dividend payouts on equities?

As at 30 September 2014, regulatory equity 5 was EUR 17.4 billion, up by EUR 1.4 billion on the end of the previous year (31 December 2013: EUR 16.0 billion).

At the same time, costs arising from the new regulatory requirements – i.e. more equity capital, allocations to a resolution fund and the deposit guarantee scheme – are rising steadily and in Bank Austria's business in Austria they total about EUR 270 million annually.

After completion of the transaction, Aareal Bank will also continue to significantly exceed the various regulatory requirements concerning equity and liquidity, as well as its own medium-term target of 10.75 per cent for its Common Equity Tier 1 ratio.

It gives the issuer the option to redeem at par or 101 any outstanding bonds that have lost their regulatory capital status in case of a change of regulation.

This unit's central responsibility is to continually monitor the development of the Bank's business and to compare the changes in the risk-weighted assets with the available regulatory own funds.

We structure, document and advise on syndicated loans and acquisitions financings, bond issues (including convertible bonds and high-yields bonds), regulatory capital transaction for banks and insurance companies, covered bonds, securitizations and other asset-based transactions, as well as equity capital raising for privately headed companies listed.

The main responsibilities of this function are to continuously monitor the development of the Bank's business, to analyse changes in its risk-weighted assets and to reconcile these assets with the available regulatory own funds or the ICAAP limit and utilisations for each segment.

In absolute terms, total regulatory capital in the 2015 consolidated financial statements is EUR 19.1 billion, up by EUR 1.5 billion on the previous year.

For all the attention we are devoting to Basel III, the regulatory capital and liquidity requirements are only one of many challenges that face German banks and savings banks.