UK Financial Policy Committee sets out counter cyclical capital buffer

14 Jan 2013

The UK’s Financial Policy Committee is being handed powers to set capital buffers for the country’s banks, in line with a Treasury consultation last year.

A counter cyclical capital buffer, extra buffers for certain exposures, and a leverage ratio will be set by the FPC, the Bank of England said on Monday.

The counter cyclical buffer, a Basel III ...

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