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Capital Adequacy Directive

An agreement to require standard capital provisions for financial intermediaries doing business in the European Union (EU). This provision may be superseded, at least at first, by implementation of the Basle Convergence Agreement on bank capital by the nations of EU. See also Basle Convergence Agreement, Risk Measurement.

For the latest on regulatory capital, see "Key Risk Concepts: Capital Adequacy."

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