The Financial Stability Board will recommend to world leaders that banks with low levels of capital should limit bonuses to discourage the excessive risk-taking many see as a cause of the financial crisis.

"It's important that firms conserve profits so they can rebuild capital and support lending," Mario Draghi, chairman of the FSB, said at a news conference Tuesday after the group met. "We will have a link between a bank's total bonus pool and the firm's overall performance."