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Email News Service July 08: EU officials claim 15% capital proposal is aimed at stirring debate

Simon Turmaine | July 1, 2008

The European Commission’s highly controversial proposal for a 15% minimum flat rate capital charge on securitised credit products is intended to stir a debate about this kind of capital market activity, according to a senior EU regulator. Incensed bankers are not convinced. They say it is pretty strange to stir a debate by including the new capital charge, unannounced and without consultation, into technical draft amendments to the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD).

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