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Common equity Tier 1 comprises of a banks core capital and includes common shares, stock surpluses resulting from the issue of common shares, retained earnings, common shares issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties, and accumulated other comprehensive income.

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The amount of eligible Tier 2 capital. Tier 2 capital is the secondary component of bank capital, in addition to Tier 1 capital, that makes up a bank's required reserves. Tier 2 capital is designated as supplementary capital, and is composed of items such as revaluation reserves, undisclosed reserves, hybrid instruments and subordinated term debt

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The amount of the risk weighted assets. Risk-weighted assets are used to determine the minimum amount of capital that must be held by banks and other institutions to reduce the risk of insolvency. The capital requirement is based on a risk assessment for each type of bank asset.

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Includes: Common stock, parent company reserves, reserves in consolidated companies, non-controlling interests, deduction and others and attributed net income

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Includes: Subordinated, preferred shares, generic countable and non- controlling interest

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The percentage of total capital ratio, in accordance with the applicable regulation and considering entities scope required by the regulation

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