Their research findings also suggest that there may be additional policy tools that could contribute to containing future threats to financial stability. In particular, banks in countries with stricter capital requirements and more independent banking supervisors seem to have performed significantly better during the crisis.
Also, banks with more Tier I capital and in countries with more restrictions on banks’ activities have also done relatively well in recent quarters. 12 The way forward What have we learnt about sustainable bank business models from the events of the past two years?