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# An offshore bond in the international capital markets, issued in (offshore) [[Eurocurrency]], most frequently in USD.  Eurobonds are, generally speaking, beyond domestic market regulation. Maturities at issue are normally greater than one year and are usually, but not always, in bearer form. They can be issued on any interest basis. Some attempts are being made to refer to Eurobonds as International bonds.  One reason for this change in terminology is to avoid confusion with the [[euro]] (the currency of the euro area, informally Eurozone or [[Euro zone]], introduced some decades after the development of the Eurobond market).
''Capital adequacy - UK''.
# An alternative, and increasingly common spelling of [[euro bond]], a (currently theoretical) bond backed by all the EU Member States in the euro area.
 
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 ==
== See also ==
* [[Bond]]
* [[Buffer]]
* [[Bond basis]]
* [[Capital adequacy]]
* [[Euro]]
* [[Idiosyncratic stress]]
* [[euro bond]]
* [[Individual Capital Guidance]]
* [[euro zone]]
* [[Pillar 2]]
* [[Eurocurrency]]
* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]
* [[Foreign bond]]
* [[Reverse stress test]]
* [[International bond]]
* [[Scenario analysis]]
* [[An introduction to debt securities]]
* [[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

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