High Quality Liquid Assets

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Bank regulation.

(HQLAs).

High Quality Liquid Assets are ones which are good enough to include as part of a bank's Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) evaluation.


HQLAs should be:

  • Unencumbered;
  • Liquid in markets during a time of stress; and
  • Ideally, eligible for discounting with the central bank.


See also