Europe’s banks face 5% stress test ratio

European banks were likely to need a core tier one capital ratio of 5% to pass stress tests in April 2011, it emerged on the 9 March 2011 as regulators repudiated claims that the exercise would be too soft on the financial sector.

ESO: Background information: Bar to be raised for EU bank stress test http://www.europeansources.info/record/bar-to-be-raised-for-eu-bank-stress-test/

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