Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Richie Boucher:
I think if we look at for us... we look at a wide range of ratios, Deputy. Loan to deposit, but we also look very much at liquidity-coverage ratio, which means your coverage if, you know, you are locked out of the markets for 90 days, 180 days, 30 days. So we have scenarios. But I would feel that about 110% to 115%. But I think again, if we come to ratios, again there can be confusion. I look at it in very simple terms from our perspective and that is the way that I express it and then the ratios follow. For our business model, our capital, all our shareholders' capital plus customer deposits, should equate to customer loans. And then, because you take customer deposits you have liquid assets, which are Government bonds or very highly rated assets. And they should be financed in the wholesale markets and in the wholesale markets, they should be financed by different programmes, so a variety of programmes that ... so, I think it reflects both your business model. So we are a retail commercial bank, our businesses... our model now is our businesses must be self-sufficient in funding or have a very high margin and a very high quality of liquid assets-----