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Systemically Important Financial Institution

A bank, an insurance firm, or any type of financial institution that are identified by a regulatory authority as potentially...

Gone Concern Capital

A layer of capital (for a bank or financial institution) consisting of items such as revaluation reserves, subordinated debt, hybrid...

SIFI

It stands for systemically important financial institution. A bank, an insurance firm, or any type of financial institution that are...

Contingent Capital

The predefined conversion of a specific percentage of a bank's or an institution’s debt securities into equity securities. It is...

Gone Concern Conversion

The conversion (of a CoCo debt into equity) that takes place at default (putting an end to the going concern...

Going Concern Conversion

The conversion (of a CoCo debt into equity) that takes place ahead of, and in attempt to thwart, default (as...

RWAs

An acronym for risk-weighted assets; a measure of a bank's or financial institution's capital that relates its main risk exposures...

Risk-Weighted Assets

A measure of a bank's or financial institution's capital that relates its main risk exposures to the applicable risk weights...

Bail-In Debt

A type of debt that is maintained by a bank or financial institution, in a sufficient amount, to absorb any...

PONV Trigger

An event that triggers a regulated institution's seizure or resolution by a regulatory body. This follows a situation where an...