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Basel Committee Says it Reaches Agreement on Bank Surcharge

June 25th, 2011 Comments off

Global regulators said they agreed that banks deemed too big too fail must hold as much as 2.5 percentage points in additional capital as part of efforts to prevent another financial crisis.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

U.S. Banks Rise as CNBC Says Capital Surcharge May Be 2%

June 10th, 2011 Comments off

Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. were among banks that climbed in New York trading after CNBC said the biggest lenders are more likely to face a 2 to 2.5 percentage-point surcharge on capital requirements rather than 3 percentage points.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

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Basel Committee May Let Banks Use CoCos in Capital Surcharge

May 4th, 2011 Comments off

Global regulators may allow too-big- to-fail banks to use contingent convertible bonds to meet additional capital requirements designed to save them from collapse in a crisis.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance