International Tensions Soar: Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, Accuses Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney of "Juvenile Delinquency"

In case you mistakenly thought there was some semblance of a chance of international accord to address the global financial crisis, please consider Dimon in attack on Canada�s bank chief

Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase launched a tirade at Mark Carney, Bank of Canada governor, in a closed-door meeting in front of more than two dozen bankers and finance officials, underscoring mounting tensions between bankers and officials over financial regulation.

The atmosphere was so bad after the meeting that Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs and head of the Financial Services Forum bankers� group which arranged the session, emailed the central banker to try to smooth relations, people familiar with the matter said.

On Sunday, 48 hours after the contretemps, Mr Carney delivered a speech to global bankers at the Institute of International Finance, warning them �it is hard to see how backsliding [on implementing new capital rules] would help� the global economy.

�If some institutions feel pressure today, it is because they have done too little for too long, rather than because they are being asked to do too much, too soon,� he said.

Mr Dimon told Mr Carney that many of the rules discriminated against US banks and he was going to continue to use the phrase �anti-American�, first used in a Financial Times interview this month, because it seemed to resonate with people who might be able to modify the reforms.

In his speech, Mr Carney said: �Authorities are increasingly hearing concerns about the pitch of the playing field for Basel III implementation. Everyone is claiming to be a boy scout while accusing others of juvenile delinquency.�

He added: �However, neither merit badges nor detentions will be self-selected but, rather, determined by impartial peer review and mutual oversight.�

Exclusive Response from JP Morgan

The dispute was over rules agreed by the Basel group of international regulators that would force all banks to hold 7 per cent core capital against risk-weighted assets. The biggest face an additional surcharge of up to 2.5 per cent.

Financial Times did not capture a response from Jamie Dimon but I managed to do so. Please consider this exclusive video straight from the closed door meeting at the Institute of International Finance.



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