Capital securities

Bank supervision - capital adequacy.

Capital securities are securities issued by a regulated institution, which are eligible for inclusion in its capital, for capital adequacy assessment purposes.

Both the quality and the quantity of capital required have been increased very significantly over time.

Eligible capital securities include perpetual subordinated capital securities and contingent convertible capital securities.

See also

• Capital
• Capital adequacy
• Contingent convertible capital
• Hybrid
• Instrument
• Perpetual bond
• Security
• Subordinated debt