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(Add example to 2. Source: The Group Treasurer: An ACT guide to the first 100 days page 33.)
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* [[Countercyclical buffer]]
* [[Countercyclical buffer]]
* [[G-SII buffer]]
* [[G-SII buffer]]
* [[HQLA]]
* [[High Quality Liquid Assets]] (HQLAs)
* [[Liquidity buffer]]
* [[Liquidity buffer]]
* [[Provision]]
* [[Provision]]

Latest revision as of 11:46, 25 June 2022

1. Bank regulation.

A minimum amount of capital or of high quality liquid assets, which banks are required to hold to protect them from failure under conditions of stress.


2.

More broadly, any financial or other provision or reserve, held to protect against contingencies, for example buffer cash.


See also