How Basel III leaves banks with weak points on both sides of the Atlantic

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : But the way in which the EU is implementing Basel 3.1 -- particularly the way it embeds a previously temporary provision giving capital relief to banks with insurance subsidiaries -- is a cause for concern.
51% : And while European bank rules mean losses for most banks are transparently accounted for, and insurers apply similar fair-value accounting, there is a mismatch when insurance subsidiaries are consolidated into bank parent companies.

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