Bankers, regulators square off amid turmoil

The Globe and Mail

Kevin Carmichael Tara Perkins Grant Robertson
September 26, 2011

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A showdown between Jamie Dimon and Mark Carney has put a spotlight on the titanic struggle between bankers and policy makers over reshaping global financial regulation, highlighting a state of play few would have predicted: With the match almost over, it’s the governments that are winning.

Mr. Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a vocal critic of plans to force the world’s biggest banks to retain extra capital, directed a tirade at Mr. Carney, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, during a private gathering in Washington last Friday.

The confrontation occurred in front of a group …

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