To make the transition to the new rules easier for banks, the Bank of Italy will set up a help desk to explain how the rules are to be interpreted and to ensure that intermediaries implement management policies consistent with achievement of the new requirements.
Basel III will make the banks stronger, but it does not address the question of the risks posed by Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs), whose size or presence in the most  BIS Review 148/2010  1  important financial nerve centres means they would be rescued at any cost if they were about to fail.