As an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) authorised and regulated Non-Operating Holding Company, Macquarie Group Limited (MGL) is required to hold adequate regulatory capital to cover the risks for the whole Macquarie Group, including the Non-Banking Group. Macquarie and APRA have agreed a capital adequacy framework for MGL, based on Macquarie's Board-approved Economic Capital Adequacy Model (ECAM) and APRA's capital standards for ADIs.
MGL's capital adequacy framework requires it to maintain minimum regulatory capital requirements calculated as the sum of:
As at 31 March 2012 MGL had capital of $12.6 billion , $4.3 billion in excess of MGL's minimum regulatory capital requirements.
For more information on Macquarie's ECAM model and MGL's capital base read the latest Management Discussion and Analysis.