Soros says worst of global crisis is behind us

One of the world's most influential investors says the period of acute stress from the financial crisis is over.

Billionaire investor George Soros told Polish television station TVN24, "Definitely, the worst is behind us," Bloomberg News reported Monday. Soros said the current crisis marks the end of an era regarding the belief that markets are self-correcting and self-policing, and reiterated his recommendation for new regulations.