Concerning Handelsbanken's capital situation
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) yesterday presented its view*
of the future capital requirements for the largest four Swedish banks.
The Authority writes:
"The major Swedish banks should be prepared for Sweden implementing the new
regulations more quickly than the transitional regulations proposed by the Basel
Committee. Within a few years, the requirements for the major Swedish banks are
expected to be 15-16 per cent for total capital, of which at least 10-12
percentage points must be core Tier 1 capital."
The corresponding figures for Handelsbanken according to the current Basel II
regulations were 20.9 per cent at the year-end for the total capital ratio, of
which 13.8 percentage points was core Tier 1 capital. The impact of the
transition to the Basel III regulations is expected to give an effect of minus
1.5 percentage points making a total capital ratio of 19.4 per cent, of which
12.3 percentage points is core Tier 1 capital.
Thus, Handelsbanken already has a capital situation that corresponds to the
indicated, future levels by a good margin.
*Link to FI (in Swedish):
http://www.fi.se/Utredningar/Presentationer/Listan/Kreditutvecklingen-i-Sverige-
och-myndigheternas-atgarder/Finansinspektionens-syn-pa-framtida-kapitalkrav-for-
de-svenska-storbankerna/
For further information, please contact:
Ulf Riese, CFO, +46 8 - 22 92 20
Mikael Hallåker, Investor Relations, +46 8 - 22 92 20, mobile: +4670 - 266 29 95
For more information about Handelsbanken, please go to:www.handelsbanken.com
Press Release PDF:
http://hugin.info/1225/R/1494137/429925.pdf
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Source: Handelsbanken via Thomson Reuters ONE
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