Bank of England - Basle can undermine stability

UK - The Bank of England has issued a warning over new capital rules put together by the Basle committee of bank regulators.

The central bank said the stability of the world's financial institutions could be undermined by the new rules designed to reduce the risk of bank failures.

The Bank of England's Deputy Governor David Clementi said that the new Basle accord on bank capital requirements, which linked the amount of capital banks must hold to the riskiness of their loans, could amplify the

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