IMPERSONAL ACCOUNTS Definition

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IMPERSONAL ACCOUNTS represents accounts other than Personal Accounts. This may be sub-classified into: a. Real Accounts, e.g. Asset Account; and, 2. Nominal Accounts, e.g. Income and Expenditure Accounts.

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BUSINESS RISK see OPERATING RISK.

CAPITAL ADEQUACY is a measure of the financial strength of a bank or securities firm, usually expressed as a ratio of its capital to its assets. For banks, there is now a worldwide capital adequacy standard, drawn up by the Basle Committee of the Bank for International Settlements. This ratio requires banks to have capital equal to 8 per cent of their assets.

 

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