| 1 | The figures will also be carefully studied when leading central bankers meet in Basel this weekend. | |
| 2 | We believe this would be fraught with difficulty -- as, in other contexts, the Basel Committee has recognised -- and unnecessary. | |
| 3 | To allow for possible discontinuities in markets securities held by banks should carry a higher risk rating than they do under the Basel Accords. | |
| 4 | An impact assessment will be done in early 2010 to gauge the effect of all planned changes to Basel II and aid "calibrations" of the new capital levels required. | |
| 5 | Banks may not want to pay all that legislators and regulators want here, but they're certainly willing to pay something in exchange for support on Basel III. |