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A macroprudential [[capital adequacy]] requirement for all banks to build up an additional loss-absorbing capital cushion to improve their resilience to stresses.  
The Capital Conservation Buffer is a macroprudential [[capital adequacy]] requirement for all banks to build up an additional loss-absorbing capital cushion to improve their resilience to stresses.  


Under Basel III the CCB is 2.5% of risk weighted assets.
Under Basel III the CCB is 2.5% of risk weighted assets.

Revision as of 13:24, 29 October 2016

(CCB).

The Capital Conservation Buffer is a macroprudential capital adequacy requirement for all banks to build up an additional loss-absorbing capital cushion to improve their resilience to stresses.

Under Basel III the CCB is 2.5% of risk weighted assets.


The CCB is subject to a 3-year phase in period from 1 January 2016 to 1 January 2019.


See also