# Prof. Anthony Saunders on global bank regulation

1 Faculty News December 12, 2012 ![Australian Financial Review logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031073.jpg?itok=ouTCQlql)>

Excerpt from the [Australian Financial Review](http://afr.com/p/business/financial_services/bank_rules_will_stifle_investment_HRY2peoyNqS1rcNCDDFd8O) -- "'Why should you invest in a bank when the return on equity will be so low?' [Professor Saunders](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anthony-saunders) said in a speech to a Financial Services Institute of Australia conference. 'Why not just invest in a public utility like a gas company?'"

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