Gone-Concern Capital
Gone-Concern Capital is a bank-capital concept used to measure, require or preserve loss-absorbing resources available to support a bank through stress.
Gone-Concern Capital is a bank-capital concept used to measure, require or preserve loss-absorbing resources available to support a bank through stress.
How Gone-Concern Capital works
In practice, the metric or rule is read together with the bank's asset mix, liability structure, supervisory framework and stress assumptions. For Gone-Concern Capital, accounting treatment, regulatory definitions and management actions can all affect the reported number and its economic meaning.
Why it matters in markets
Gone-Concern Capital matters because banks transform short-duration liabilities into longer-duration and riskier assets. Regulatory buffers and balance-sheet metrics are designed to show where that transformation can become fragile.
How to interpret Gone-Concern Capital
Interpret Gone-Concern Capital together with regulatory definitions and the bank's actual balance-sheet composition. Compare current levels with internal or regulatory requirements, recent trends, peer banks and stress scenarios rather than relying on one period in isolation.
Limits and context
Gone-Concern Capital can differ across jurisdictions, accounting standards and supervisory regimes. Regulatory ratios are also snapshots and may not capture intraday liquidity, off-balance-sheet commitments or rapid changes in depositor behavior.
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