There had been fears that hedge funds would be less willing than banks to stump up rescue money in a crisis.

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Moreover, it would be difficult to get politicians to stump up cash to contribute to the bail-out of a bank that is based in another country.

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Increasingly, these countries are paying the bills themselves (they already stump up more than half of it), but it will be a while before subventions from the rich world cease to be needed.

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