Basel Requirements Not A Total Fix, Says Chair

Nout Wellink, chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, said the new capital requirements adopted by his committee do not fully address the problems of banks deemed too big to fail, reports Dow Jones Newswires.

Nout Wellink, chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, said the new capital requirements adopted by his committee do not fully address the problems of banks deemed too big to fail. Speaking at a conference in St. Petersburg, Wellink, who also heads the Dutch central bank, said “more must be done” to deal with “externalities or spill-over effects that these firms impose.”

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