PRA buffer

Capital adequacy - UK.

The PRA buffer is an amount of capital which UK-regulated banks are required to hold, determined following stress testing.

The amount is determined by the UK regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), following consultation with the regulated bank.

Any PRA buffer which the regulator may set is additional to Individual Capital Guidance (ICG).

The PRA buffer is sometimes known as the 'Pillar 2B' buffer.

The PRA buffer replaced the former 'capital planning buffer'.

See also

• Buffer
• Capital adequacy
• Idiosyncratic stress
• Individual Capital Guidance
• Pillar 2
• Prudential Regulation Authority
• Reverse stress test
• Scenario analysis
• Shock
• Stress