After a global financial crisis, an epic price fixing scandal, and embarrassing criminal conduct British regulators are considering ending Too Big To Fail Banking. British Finance Minister George Osborne has proposed legislation that if banks do not shield their riskier investment activities from day to day banking they will face restructuring. Britain is shaking up [...]
British Might End Too Big To Fail Banking |
| By: DSWright Monday February 4, 2013 6:59 am |
Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill: Break Up the Big Banks |
| By: David Dayen Wednesday July 25, 2012 10:23 am |
Sandy Weill, the former CEO of Citigroup, became the latest unorthodox figure to endorse the concept of breaking up the mega-banks. Weill joins former and current Federal Reserve regional bank Presidents like Richard Fisher and Thomas Hoenig, as well as several academic conservatives. What’s even more unusual about Weill joining this chorus is the central [...]



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