Barclays has a core tier 1 ratio of 10%, HSBC 9.9%, Lloyds 9%, Royal Bank of Scotland 10.5% and Standard Chartered 9%.

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The bank had a tier 1 capital ratio of 11.3% at the end of the second quarter, while its core tier 1 ratio, which excludes hybrid capital instruments, stood at 7.5%.

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The core Tier 1 ratio will rise to 7%, slightly less than expected but still a lot better than before the crisis (at the end of 2007, Royal Bank of Scotland had a ratio of just 3.5%).

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Banks will also be forced to increase their core tier 1 capital ratio to 9% by the end of 2011 and 10% by 2012, according to a note by Nomura.

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The bank's so-called core Tier 1 capital ratio under new regulations known as Basel III rose to 8% from 6% a year earlier, then dropped to 7.8% after the bank provisioned for legal costs.

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While the bank reported that its core Tier 1 capital ratio grew to 10.5% from 9.4%, it dedicated a large chunk of its report to the proposed Basel III and the negative repercussions it would have on its business.

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By raising money, BoCom's core Tier-1 capital ratio will jump from a barely adequate 8% to more than 10.4%.

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