Basel II was initiated in 2004 and expanded capital requirements to include tenets to maintain consistency of banking regulations globally in respect to risk and capital management procedures.

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Some clients prefer whole ownership just to maintain the consistency and flexibility they are accustomed to.

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The family has a vast resource of reserve wines from past harvests which they will dip into to maintain the consistency of their Grand Cuvee.

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Now that Teale has got the taste for international action, he knows that if he is to have a future with Scotland then he has to maintain his consistency.

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Eventually, the effort to maintain historical consistency simply allows competitors to completely steal the business away with new products, creating a big revenue drop, or producing such low returns that failure is inevitable.

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