{"id":5485,"date":"2012-09-17T21:30:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T01:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2012-09-17T21:30:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T01:30:48","slug":"eu-commission-considering-splitting-up-banks-to-avoid-future-bailouts-spiegel-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/17\/eu-commission-considering-splitting-up-banks-to-avoid-future-bailouts-spiegel-online\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commission Considering Splitting Up Banks to Avoid Future Bailouts &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Martin Hesse and Christoph Pauly<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>EU Commissioner Michel Barnier has asked experts to examine the possibility of splitting up major European banks to avoid future bailouts at taxpayers&#8217; expense. But even less radical intervention in the banking sector could have drastic consequences for the industry, and its powerful lobby is resisting any such change&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Daniel Zimmer, head of the German Monopolies Commission] notes that Germany has already taken steps in the right direction. Under the new German restructuring law, when a bank is in trouble the most critical parts of the institution can be transferred to a bridge bank, allowing the remainder to be liquidated. In such cases, the shareholders and most of the bank&#8217;s creditors would not be compensated. A fund made up of contributions from banks would cover restructuring costs.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a problem with the new system. &#8220;In a worst-case scenario, a bank has to be split up into vital and other parts within a single weekend,&#8221; says Zimmer. &#8220;This is only possible if there is already a clear separation between the two parts beforehand.&#8221; This is why Zimmer believes it makes sense to establish the dividing line in advance, in a manner similar to what Britain&#8217;s Vickers Commission envisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/business\/eu-commission-considering-splitting-up-banks-to-avoid-future-bailouts-a-856183.html'>EU Commission Considering Splitting Up Banks to Avoid Future Bailouts &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Martin Hesse and Christoph Pauly EU Commissioner Michel Barnier has asked experts to examine the possibility of splitting up major European banks to avoid future bailouts at taxpayers&#8217; expense. 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