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Banks Still Need To Become Less Risky, Industry Survey Says

Posted 06.12.2011

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Banks need to do more to shift away from a culture of risk and the excessive pay structures that prevailed before the financial crisis, an industry ...

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SIMON JOHNSON The Bank Lobbyists Are Wrong: Why Higher Capital Standards Are Needed

New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Basel Committee, Capital Standards, Bank Lobbyists, Bank Lobby, Samuel Hanson, Institute of Internationl Finance, Treasury, Anil Kashyap, Simon Johnson, Jeremy Stein, Iif, Business News

At one level, the pursuit of higher and more robust capital requirements for banks is not going well. The United States Treasury insisted, throughout ...

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