Very shortly, we will also issue a consultation document on Basel III. On a separate note, we are in the final stages of setting up the Deposit Insurance Scheme, which is a missing link in our financial infrastructure. Let me say a word on the Special Line of Credit in foreign currency that we have offered to banks for on-lending to exporters.
Typically the issue of leverage has been seen as less relevant for shadow banks than for banks, as they receive the bulk of their funding by issuing shares. As a result, the aggregate ratio of assets to equity for euro area investment funds is only 1.1, over ten times smaller than that of euro area credit institutions.