Supplementary leverage ratio

Bank regulation - capital requirements - Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - United States.

(SLR).

The supplementary leverage ratio is the US bank capital adequacy rule that implements the Basel III requirement for a Tier 1 leverage ratio.

"The SLR, which does not distinguish between assets based on risk, is conceived as a backstop to risk-weighted capital requirements."

(Source - Risk.net.)

See also

• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Basel III Endgame
• Capital
• Capital adequacy
• Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)
• Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
• Countercyclical buffer
• Regulatory capital
• Risk Weighted Assets (RWAs)
• Supervision