Switzerland wanted its big banks to be fortresses.
In practice, the country’s “too big to fail” banking laws made a sand castle of Credit Suisse.
The Swiss rules in question have become an object lesson in the difficulties of designing financial regulation.
Created to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis bailouts, Switzerland’s customized version of international capital requirements laid the groundwork for the biggest bank rescue since.
Organizations:
Credit Suisse
Locations:
Switzerland, Credit, Swiss