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Basel outlines stricter limits for banks’ capital

By Peter Thal Larsen in London

Published: November 20 2008 19:20 | Last updated: November 20 2008 19:20

Plans to make banks hold greater capital reserves and limit the amount they can borrow have been outlined by the world’s leading banking watchdog in an effort to prevent a repeat of the credit crisis.

The proposals from the standard-setting Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are an attempt to salvage a global regulatory framework for the industry.

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