Businesses can rely on many measures to determine how financially healthy they are. Calculating their fixed-asset-to-equity-capital ratio is one way. This ratio determines whether a company's fixed ...

The risk-based capital system regulators have built over the last two decades may not be perfect, but it remains a better way of gauging and guarding against the true risks associated with a bank than ...

Accounting standard setters classify leases as operating or capital to differentiate true lease agreements from purchases disguised as leases. If the lease has any of the following characteristics, it ...

Understanding working capital as a small business owner can help you grow your business or take advantage of bigger opportunities. You can use this and other financial ratios to better understand your ...

For the first time since 2015, the Capital Ratio for the reverse, or Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), book of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has moved into positive territory. The ...

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In an attempt to prevent organisations such as banks from going bust too easily, regulators impose minimum capital requirements on them... In an attempt to prevent organisations such as banks from ...

The largest European banks have seen their profits improve over recent quarters thanks to a strong economic outlook, as most of the fears related to the unexpected Brexit vote last year have largely ...

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Banks are not likely to see their regulatory capital requirements decline any time soon. But the way capital levels are calculated could be made more reflective of real risks, writes Allen Puwalski, ...

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Close Brothers' (CBRO.L), opens new tab total capital ratio rose by 80 basis points to 18% in the quarter to the end of April, as it bolstered its finances pending a ruling ...