The document discusses the three tiers of capital requirements under the Basel II accord: Tier 1 capital consists of core equity and reserves, and must comprise at least 50% of a bank's total capital base. Tier 2, or supplementary capital, includes undisclosed reserves, revaluation reserves, general provisions, and various subordinated debt instruments. Tier 3 capital is short-term subordinated debt limited to 250% of Tier 1 capital required to support market risks, with a minimum of 281⁄2% of market risks supported by Tier 1 capital.

1. Tier 1, 2 and 3 Capital based on
the Basel II accord
Presented by-
Nahid Anjum

2. Agenda
• Basel II accord
– Core capital (basic equity or Tier 1)
– Supplementary capital (Tier 2)
– Short-term subordinated debt covering market
risk (Tier 3)

3. Basel II accord
• From the Basel ii Compliance Professionals
Association (BCPA) the largest association of
Basel ii Professionals in the world
• The constituents of capital
– Core capital (basic equity or Tier 1)
– Supplementary capital (Tier 2)
– Short-term subordinated debt covering market
risk (Tier 3)

4. Core capital (basic equity or tier 1)
• The Committee considers that the key element of
capital on which the main emphasis should be placed is
equity capital and disclosed reserves.
• Notwithstanding this emphasis, the member countries
of the Committee also consider that there are a
number of other important and legitimate constituents
of a bank's capital base which may be included within
the system of measurement
• The Committee has therefore concluded that capital,
for supervisory purposes, should be defined in two
tiers in a way which will have the effect of requiring at
least 50% of a bank's capital base to consist of a core
element comprised of equity capital and published
reserves from post-tax retained earnings (Tier 1)

5. Supplementary capital (tier 2)
• Undisclosed reserves
– Unpublished or hidden reserves may be
constituted in various ways according to differing
legal and accounting regimes in member countries
– Under this heading are included only reserves
which, though unpublished, have been passed
through the profit and loss account and which are
accepted by the bank's supervisory authorities

6. Supplementary capital (tier 2)
• Revaluation reserves
– Some countries, under their national regulatory or
accounting arrangements, allow certain assets to be
revalued to reflect their current value, or something closer
to their current value than historic cost, and the resultant
revaluation reserves to be included in the capital base
– these "latent" revaluation reserves can be included among
supplementary elements of capital since they can be used
to absorb losses on a going-concern basis, provided they
are subject to a substantial discount in order to reflect
concerns both about market volatility and about the tax
charge which would arise were such cases to be realised

7. Supplementary capital (tier 2)
• General provisions/general loan-loss reserves
• Hybrid debt capital instruments
• Subordinated term debt

8. Short term subordinated debt covering
market risk (Tier 3)
• consists of shareholders’ equity and retained
earnings and supplementary capital
• Tier 3 capital will be limited to 250% of a
bank’s Tier 1 capital that is required to support
market risks
• a minimum of about 28½% of market risks
needs to be supported by Tier 1

9. Thank you