BERNE, April 22 (Reuters) – Switzerland may have to force its large banks UBS<UBSN.VX> and Credit Suisse<CSGN.VX> to change their structure in order to limit the risks for the economy should either collapse, a government commission said on Thursday. (more…)
EU “cookie-cutter” bank overhaul policy under fire
By Edward Taylor and Kirstin Ridley
FRANKFURT/LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Neelie Kroes’s campaign to shrink banks and launch vast asset sales has angered bankers, who accuse the firebrand European competition commissioner of kicking the industry when it’s down.Investment bankers close to some of the bailed-out lenders blame Kroes for undermining attempts to rebuild the once-lucrative industry by forcing massive, near-simultaneous asset sales, while banning acquisitions.
ING breakup spurs investor concern over state-aided banks
By Kirstin Ridley and Steve Slater
LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Investors are shunning European bank shares after an EU-imposed break-up and retrenchment of Dutch ING Groep sparked fears Belgium’s KBC and UK peers face tougher-than-expected sanctions in return for state aid.
ANALYSIS-Extended U.S. bankruptcies killed by cheap debt
By Tom Hals
NEW YORK, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Years of easy credit followed by an economic downturn have led to a predictable wave of bankruptcies, but with a twist: layers of debt have essentially killed the expensive, drawn-out bankruptcies of the past.
EU’s Kroes says Lloyds bank needs to shrink presence
BRUSSELS, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Partially-nationalised British
bank Lloyds needs to shrink its activities in areas
where it is currently dominant to compensate for taking billions
of pounds in state aid, the European Union’s antitrust chief
said.
State-aided banks may need to sell assets – EU commission
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS, July 23 (Reuters) – Crisis-hit banks may have to divest assets and hold back on acquisitions to gain European Union regulatory approval for their state bailouts, the European Commission said on Thursday. (more…)
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