By 2008, the firm had 48 percent of its capital tied to Madoff.

Found we'd started a business with only one percent of our capital.

By last year, that figure was $2 billion, or 20 percent of Highfields' capital.

"No company has potential claims of more than 3 percent of their capital."

There were 2,055 names in the United States last year, providing about 10 percent of the market's capital.

About 80 percent of Lloyd's capital is now provided by almost 900 companies.

Those losses could use up 10 percent of Prudential's capital.

The debt amounted to 14 percent of its total capital on Sept. 30, the most recent figure available.

Debt ratios tend to be conservative, 35 percent of a company's capital, on average.

The national average is for banks to issue commercial and industrial loans equal to 158 percent of their capital.