High Level Expert Group on EU Bank Reform Presents Recommendations

The High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of EU banking has presented its recommendations for further reforms of the banking sector. Suggestions in the report cover the five following areas:

- Mandatory segregation of proprietary treading and other high-risk trading activities;

- Separation of activities conditional on the recover and resolution plan;

- Amendments to the use of bail-in instruments as a resolution tool;

- Capital requirements on trading assets and real estate related loans; and

- Increased governance and control of banks.