Raising minimum capital requirements from their current levels will involve large and permanent net benefits by raising the stability of the system and promoting more sustainable growth. Moreover, these benefits accrue immediately for every additional dollar (or Euro) of capital and liquidity. This is critical in an overall economic and financial environment of continued uncertainty and risk.
It is absolutely essential – indeed it is our duty to shareholders, taxpayers and future generations – to reflect on the lessons of this crisis to safeguard against something like this happening again. We have a common goal and we must work together to achieve it. 6  BIS Review 80/2010