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Represents the number of tranches.

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Represents the amount of deferred issuance costs related to securities held in trust.

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Tier 2 risk based capital to risk weighted assets.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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End date of debt instrument redemption period, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Start date of debt instrument redemption period, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The amount of excess Tier 1 Risk Based Capital (which consists of the types of financial capital considered the most reliable and liquid, primarily Shareholders' equity. Examples of Tier 1 capital are common stock or unit, preferred stock or unit that is irredeemable and noncumulative, and retained earnings) divided by risk-weighted assets which are assets that are weighted for credit risk according to a formula used by the Reserve Bank.

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Total debt and equity financial instruments including: (1) securities held-to-maturity, (2) trading securities, and (3) securities available-for-sale.

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The cash outflow from the repayment of long-term borrowing where a lender is placed in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment (senior) in case of liquidation of the entity's assets or underlying collateral.

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