None of the major banks met even the Basel 1 standards for capital adequacy.

There seems to be little appetite for proposals to vary capital adequacy requirements counter cyclically.

Banks capital adequacy ratios were set globally, and, once set, remained fixed.

Current ultra low interest rates may be scaring people about the adequacy of future income.

Current ultra low interest rates may be scaring people about the adequacy of future income.

First, sovereign bonds held by banks are treated as risk free assets under EU rules for calculating banks solvency and capital adequacy levels.

Moreover, the use of mechanistic rules to determine capital adequacy has also inadvertently encouraged systemic imprudence.

Similarly, banks would have incentives to game capital adequacy requirements by manipulating how capital and assets are defined.

Since high risk premiums on government bonds endanger the capital adequacy of banks, half a solution is not enough.

Haldane rightly complained that banking regulation has evolved from a small number of very specific guidelines to mind numbingly complicated statistical algorithms for measuring risk and capital adequacy.

The recent agreement by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on a new capital adequacy framework is another positive step.

The Basel III agreement on capital adequacy and other recent reforms still have not ring fenced trade financing from these potential shocks.

Surgeons and pathology laboratories performing breast conservation need to be skilled in determining the adequacy of the procedure to assure patients of the best result.

Capital adequacy was a matter of judgment examiners would figure out how large a buffer a bank ought to have, taking into account its specific risks.

Many eurozone banks have made far less progress in strengthening their capital adequacy and liquidity than have American and British banks since the financial crisis erupted.

Where this is not possible, it means stringently restricting what they can do and imposing higher taxes and capital adequacy requirements, thereby helping level the playing field.

3. Each State Party shall endeavour to periodically evaluate relevant legal instruments and administrative measures with a view to determining their adequacy to prevent and fight corruption.

Capital adequacy and liquidity risks should be assessed on a group level, rather than country by country how capital and risks are divided between countries is less important.

30. We recommend that the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice give consideration to reviewing the adequacy of standards and norms in relation to prison management and prisoners.

Keeping those loans on the books would have meant that a bank would have had to incur a large capital adequacy provision and monitor the loans performance, at a cost to itself.

Even as expectations adjust, there is a growing loss of confidence among investors in the adequacy of official policy responses in Europe and the US (and to a lesser extent in emerging economies).

In his recent speech to the annual, elite central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Bank of England s Andy Haldane made a forceful plea for a return to simplicity in banking regulation. Haldane rightly complained that banking regulation has evolved from a small number of very specific guidelines to mind numbingly complicated statistical algorithms for measuring risk and capital adequacy.

That means breaking up too important to fail (or too complex to fix) institutions. Where this is not possible, it means stringently restricting what they can do and imposing higher taxes and capital adequacy requirements, thereby helping level the playing field.

Similarly, banks would have incentives to game capital adequacy requirements by manipulating how capital and assets are defined. Indeed, investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital are already inventing new types of securities to reduce the capital cost of holding risky assets.

For Turkey, For Europe

But we also have an equally strong need men and women for adventure, for novelty, for mystery, for risk, for danger, for the unknown, for the unexpected, surprise you get the gist for journey, for travel.

Thanks for waiting for me.

TFR was 2.3 for Turks, 1.7 for Surinamese, 1.8 for Arubans, 3.0 for Africans and 1.8 for Latin Americans.

Tomorrow, we are all running for Athens, for the selfiez, for extra attention and coverage, for publicity, for the likes ...

DG For you or for them?

'For everybody, and especially for you.'

Everything for others, nothing for himself!

They waited for him for hours.

One for all, all for one.

Don't wait for me for dinner.

Don't wait for me for dinner.

Don't wait for me for dinner.

Don't wait for me for dinner.

Thanks for doing that for Tom.

Thanks for doing that for me.

Thanks for doing that for him.

They pine for love, they live for love, they kill for love, and they die for love.

They need every encouragement, for today's trends are frightening for Japan, for Asia, and for the world.

The GDP for countries in Europe has fallen by a considerable amount 5.3 for Greece, 3.9 for Portugal, 4.1 for Cyprus, 2.3 for Italy, and 2 for Spain.

The alternatives for my country, for Russia, and for Europe are clear.