BASEL STUDY OF BANKING SYSTEM:KAREN SHAW PETROU

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: May 11, 2005 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
05-11-2005
Statement of Karen Shaw Petrou Managing Partner, Federal Financial Analytics,
Inc. Committee on House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
and Consumer Credit Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary
Policy, Trade and Technology May 11, 2005 It is an honor again to appear
before you to discuss the pending rewrite of risk-based capital rules and
their potentially profound market and competitiveness impact. It is often
tempting to let these rules reside in the technical workrooms to which
their length, complexity and - most alarming ...

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