Talk of banks 'capturing' Basle II wide of mark

LETTER - Letter published in the Financial Times, UK edition, 19 October, from Simon Wills, Director, wholesale and regulation team, British Bankers' Association, London.

Sir, I write in response to the article by Avinash Persaud ("Banks put themselves at risk in Basle", October 17). Dr Persaud makes three assertions to which I will respond in turn.

First, it is suggested that the banks have lobbied for complexity in Basle II. This is not the case. In fact far from complexity being a desired

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