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''Capital adequacy - UK''.


Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (sometimes referred to as the "Depository Trust ''and'' Clearing Corporation").
The PRA buffer is an amount of capital which UK-regulated banks are required to hold, determined following stress testing.


DTCC provides post-trade services such as clearing and settlement services to financial markets, often via subsidiaries.
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).


== See also ==


*[[Clearing]]
The PRA buffer replaced the former 'capital planning buffer'.
*[[Depository Trust Company]]
*[[Fixed Income Clearing Corporation]]
*[[Settlement]]


== Other links ==


[http://www.dtcc.com/ The DTCC's website]
== See also ==
 
* [[Buffer]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Capital adequacy]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
* [[Idiosyncratic stress]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
* [[Individual Capital Guidance]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
* [[Pillar 2]]
* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]
* [[Reverse stress test]]
* [[Scenario analysis]]
* [[Shock]]
* [[Stress]]

Revision as of 15:01, 29 October 2016

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 replaced the former 'capital planning buffer'.


See also