Write-Offs: 04.05.11

$$$ New international bank capital standards are excessive and may impede economic growth, Jamie Dimon warned on Tuesday. "It will stifle economic growth and I already believe it is," said Dimon, who was speaking at the annual spring meeting of the Council of Institutional Investors. [Reuters]

$$$The Private Equity Parallels With Buffett [Dealbook]

$$$Facebook Implements Insider Trading Policy [Digits via DI]

$$$ Is Bernanke Too Pollyannaish? Bill Gross Thinks So [NetNet]

$$$ HSBC Client Said to Plead Guilty to Hiding Bank Accounts [Bloomberg]

$$$Fed's AIG Bond Sale Stirs Action In Subprime Market [WSJ]