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Writing in the Financial Times, Diamond admits that "bank leverage - which was, we can now see, too high in the boom years - is now 50 per cent lower than it was pre-crisis." Consumer protections and standardization in the derivatives market should also allay some fears, Diamond notes.
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Political leaders, regulators and banks need to collaborate on the core issues in an internationally-co-ordinated effort to establish a robust resolution regime. Why is finding a solution to this problem so important? Without an international plan to wind down an important bank in an orderly fashion, political and regulatory leaders are compelled to create more rules - often to protect national and regional markets and economies.
So, first and most important, we must establish a global resolution regime that is rigorously tested - with ironclad protocols and agreements for implementation. Regulators across borders must have clear responsibilities and be prepared to act on them.
"Avoiding the next Lehman and solving 'too big to fail' is well within our reach," Diamond concludes, "If regulators put in place a robust resolution regime, strong capital liquidity and leverage rules, and ensure consistency with other key regulations, including cross border derivatives and bank and market structure rules."