Monday, August 15, 2005

ING chief executive warns of ‘regulatory fatigue’


The head of ING, one of Europe's largest financial institutions, has warned of “regulatory fatigue” as banks and insurers struggle to apply a wave of new rules.

In an interview with the Financial Times, ING's chief executive Michel Tilmant said that the burden of corporate governance regulations, international accounting standards and the Basel II rules on banks' capital requirements was putting pressure on some parts of the banking and insurance group.

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