Minimum Leverage Ratio | Prudential Regulation Authority Handbook & Rulebook
Prudential Regulation Authority Rulebook

Prudential Regulation Authority Rulebook

Part

Leverage Ratio – Capital Requirements and Buffers

Chapter

Minimum Leverage Ratio

Printed on: 19/06/2025

Rulebook at: 12/09/2024


3

Minimum Leverage Ratio

3.1

A firm must hold sufficient tier 1 capital (leverage) to maintain, at all times, a minimum leverage ratio of 3.25%.

  • 01/01/2022

3.2

For the purposes of complying with 3.1, at least 75% of the firm’s tier 1 capital (leverage) must consist of common equity tier 1 capital.

  • 01/01/2022