The average tier-one ratio, which measures capital based on the riskiness of bank assets, stood at 8% in the first half of the year.
As they do, the riskiness of the system steadily increases.
Put options are so dangerous because when markets are volatile, their riskiness does not rise steadily, but spikes very sharply within a very short space of time.
The inherent riskiness of the film business is one reason; another is the studios' accounting practices, which, until recently, were as laden with special effects as the films they produced.
The spreads on Indonesian credit-default swaps, a measure of investors’ perception of the riskiness of the country, soared to over seven percentage points.
The riskiness of an undesirable can even be thought of as a product of the event's likelihood and its ramifications.
The proposals, issued last month, underscore a marked shift in the perceived riskiness of insurance firms.
One can expect regulators to mainly follow rather than lead the market in assessing riskiness and other asset characteristics.
But McAfee also notes that since individual domain names may be owned by persons from anywhere in the world, their data "should not be used to infer riskiness of nationality."
When bank regulators assess the adequacy of a bank's capital to handle losses from its loans, investments, and other assets, they take into account the riskiness of those assets.
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