Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Accounting rules "practically impossible to implement", Barclays claims


Barclays becomes latest bank to voice opposition to proposed loan rules

Proposed banking rules, born out of the crisis, will be “practically impossible to implement” and encourage “boilerplate” disclosures, according to Barclays.

Barclays’ finance director Chris Lucas is the latest to voice opposition to the accounting rules, which may force banks to calculate and disclose the proportion of loans which will turn bad.

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