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Cooke ratio

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000975

A measure of a bank's capital adequacy, calculated as the ratio of its capital base to its risk-weighted assets. This ratio was established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 1988 as part of the Basel I Accord. It requires banks to maintain a minimum capital ratio of 8% to absorb unexpected losses.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000975
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000975",
  "term": "Cooke ratio",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A measure of a bank's capital adequacy, calculated as the ratio of its capital base to its risk-weighted assets. This ratio was established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 1988 as part of the Basel I Accord. It requires banks to maintain a minimum capital ratio of 8% to absorb unexpected losses.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/cooke-ratio/"
}

Record 776 of 3,708 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.