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It consists of shareholders’ equity and retained earnings. It is a bank’s core capital and a primary
indictor to check banks financial health. These funds hold all bank’s accumulated funds.
(In millions)
Tier 1 Capital 19-20 20-21 21-22
Common Equity Tier 1 capital: instruments and reserves
Directly issued qualifying common share capital plus related 17,361.7 19,761.7 19,761.7
stock surplus (share premium) 0 0 0
32,171.1 32,815.4 31,620.1
Retained earnings 0 4 6
Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other
5,207.13
reserves) 3,227.72 3,529.56
Tier 2 Capital-
It is a bank’s supplementary Capital. Undisclosed reserves, hybrid financial products, subordinated
term debts also known as junior debt securities. Tier 2 capital is less reliable than tier1 capital
(In millions )
Tier 2 Capital 19-20 20-21 21-22
Directly issued qualifying Tier 2 instruments plus related
stock surplus 10,400 9,800 9,200
Provisions 3,186.00 2,628.45 2,867.96
Tier 2 capital regulatory adjustments 13,586 12,428.45 12,067.96
As we have seen the bank profit numbers have decreased over the years and there has been
a continuous increase in the Tier 1 Capital and continuous decrease in Tier 2 Capital. Total
capital that is the summation of Tier 1 and Tier 2 is gradually increasing.
Major contributor to increase capital is Directly issued share capital, this will protect from
unexpected losses.
SIB is prepared to face any adverse losses as they there is a continuous increase in the Tier 1
and the overall capital
There have not been major changes in the constituents of capital though we can still see the
bank has reduced its share of retained earnings maybe because there is a continuous
decrease in profits.