EU Weighs Bank-Structure Overhaul in Wake of Liikanen Plan
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The European Union is weighing how far to go in forcing a break up of large lenders as it seeks to prevent banks in the debt-laden bloc from being too big to fail.
EU regulators are examining “a number of options” for how big a chunk of their trading activities banks should be forced to shift into separately capitalized units, according to a copy of the plans published on the European Commission website today.