A questo link trovate la lettera che Draghi ha mandato al G20, in qualità di presidente del Financial Stability Board
http://www.financialstabilityboard.org/publications/r_100419.pdf
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FSB Draghi: Bank Tax No Substitute For Stronger Capital
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Taxes or surcharges on banks are no substitute for measures that strengthen capital requirements at financial institutions, Mario Draghi, chairman of the Financial Stability Board, said Friday.
"Neither surcharges nor levies substitute for the key priority of strengthening capital and liquidity requirements in the wider banking system through implementation of" planned enhancements in capital adequacy rules for banks, Draghi said in a letter to financial authorities of the Group of 20 developed and developing nations. The document was released on the sidelines of a G-20 meeting in Washington of member countries' finance ministers and central bank governors.
Draghi's comments follow news that the International Monetary Fund has recommended that G-20 countries impose two different taxes as a way to both recoup taxpayer losses from the recent banking crisis and to constrain excessive risk taking. The IMF plan has drawn mixed reactions from G-20 countries, with the U.S., Germany and France supporting it in principle but Japan, Canada and Australia voicing opposition.
Draghi stressed that the implementation of the capital adequacy rules under the so-called Basel III framework via the Basel Committee at the Bank of International Settlements was a priority above all other items on the G-20's financial reform agenda.
According to current proposals, these rules, which are aimed at increasing the amount and quality of banks' capital to smooth out the impact of swings in financial and economic cycles, are expected to include forward-looking provisions, larger capital buffers and tougher liquidity standards. They would also narrow the definitions of the kind of capital banks can count as their core equity for regulatory purposes.
The FSB's primary role is to provide advice to the G-20 on financial reform, a process that has taken on added urgency since the recent financial crisis.
-By Nathalie Boschat and Michael Casey, Dow Jones Newswires; 914-409-8733;
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