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A bank's "core capital" as defined by its ''financial regulator''. Normally shareholders funds including reserves.
A measure of a bank's financial strength used by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): shareholders' funds plus irredeemable and non-cumulative preference shares and excluding hybrid forms of capital like goodwill

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Tier 1 capital [r]: A measure of a bank's financial strength used by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): shareholders' funds plus irredeemable and non-cumulative preference shares and excluding hybrid forms of capital like goodwill