The French president wants a banking union with a joint guarantee of deposits and a joint fund to pay down debt.

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The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has announced the establishment of a new joint trust fund to help Asian countries improve the regulation of their banking sectors.

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It will also depend to some extent on the fortunes of its new Asian vulture fund, a joint venture with investment house Rothschild Inc.

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