Bank Liquidity Rules May Be Eased by Global Regulators, FT Says
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Global regulators may ease new rules requiring banks to hold more liquid assets to weather a funding crisis amid lenders’ claims that the regulations may curtail lending, the Financial Times reported.
Members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision want to soften key technical definitions of the so-called "liquidity coverage ratio," due to take effect in 2015, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the discussions.