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Under Basel III's standardized approach for credit risk, a bank holds a $50 million corporate loan to an unrated company. The risk weight for unrated corporate exposures is 100%. The bank maintains a Tier 1 capital ratio target of 10.5% (including the capital conservation buffer of 2.5% above the 8% minimum). What is the minimum Tier 1 capital the bank must hold against this single exposure?

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