LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor MarkCarney said on Wednesday he wanted British banks to set asidemore capital than the level agreed in a new international deal.
On Sunday, regulators from around the world reached aprovisional deal on new rules designed to prevent banks fromover-stretching themselves. Under the new leverage ratio rules,due to start in 2018, banks must hold capital equivalent to 3percent of their total assets.
"My personal inclination is that we would gross up, not jackup, but gross up whatever the base level is for a ring-fencedbank and for systemic banks in order to ensure that leverageratio fully performs its function," Carney told lawmakers.