The ratio is calculated by dividing a bank's total capital by it's risk-weighted assets. Under the Basel III accord, the minimum requirement of capital-to-risk weighted assets is 10.5%.

The Tier 1 capital ratio measures a bank's financial health, its core capital relative to its total risk-weighted assets (RWA). Under Basel III, banks and financial institutions must maintain a ...

As an additional safeguard, Basel III introduced a simple leverage ratio (the relationship between core capital and total assets) and increased the required quality of bank capital (more reliance on ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian banks are among those in the Asean region that are well placed to comply with stricter capital and liquidity requirements under Basel III, says a Moody's Investors Service ...

The ratio is calculated by dividing a bank's total capital by it's risk-weighted assets. Under the Basel III accord, the minimum requirement of capital-to-risk weighted assets is 10.5%.