21/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Bâle Committee, which is made up of the central banks and supervisory authorities of the main financial powers, has specified the areas of prudential banking regulations requiring a turn of the screw, further to shortcomings in existing rules noted since the financial crisis. Amongst other things, it proposes an extension of requirements in terms of own funds to complex financial products off-balance-sheet and to raise ratios for asset-backed commercial...