Minimum Capital Requirement

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MCR
Pronunciation
/ˈmɪnəməm ˈkæpɪtəl rɪkˈwaɪrmənt/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. The insurance regulator has set up a minimum capital requirement on insurers, making it one of the core appraisal parameters in the " three pillar " regulatory framework.
  2. The data submitted to the committee suggest the real impact of the combined change could be roughly equivalent to raising the minimum capital requirement to 10 per cent for many banks.
  3. Soft budget constraint greatly reduced the effect of banking risk supervision, so it's not easy to realize the safety and stability of financial system only with minimum capital requirement.
  4. We thus justify the need for a minimum capital requirement and under certain assumptions come up with analytical solutions for the capital adequacy ratio and optimal hedging ratio.
  5. Secondly, it analyses the probable effects through the three great props of " minimum capital requirement, supervisory review process, market discipline ".

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