Osborne's reform of banking

Osborne's reform of banking

Author: Financial Times February 4, 2013 Duration: 25:06
This week: chancellor George Osborne's warning that banks face break-up if they do not comply with rules designed to make the banking system safer, Barclays' woes as senior management figures step down and UK authorities probe the bank's Qatar connections, and risk weighted assets and the differences between the models global banks use to calculate how much capital to hold.

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