ring-fence

The central conclusion, which was flagged in the panel's interim report in April, is the recommendation of a so-called ring-fence around a bank's traditional lending and deposit-taking businesses.

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Any "ring-fence" that isn't a complete sham is sure to do real damage to at least some bank's business model.

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He didn't elaborate, but his remarks may be interpreted as tacit support for Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's backing of a plan to ring-fence banks' retail operations from riskier investment banking activities.

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Mr. Osborne also said that he endorsed the proposal for "a ring-fence around better-capitalized high street banks to make them safer, and to protect their vital services to the economy if things go wrong."

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U.K. banks fell amid expectations that the government later Wednesday will announce plans to ring-fence retail deposits from investment-banking operations.

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Mr. Osborne also said that he endorsed the proposal for "a ring-fence around better-capitalized high street banks to make them safer, and to protect their vital services to the economy if things go wrong."

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World-wide except for Latin America, which Hoover managed to ring-fence for the FBI.

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Mr. Osborne also said that he endorsed the proposal for "a ring-fence around better-capitalized high street banks to make them safer, and to protect their vital services to the economy if things go wrong."

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"It is a mistake to ring-fence large areas of spending."

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Unsurprisingly, HSBC Holdings and Lloyds Banking Group favor a wide "ring-fence" to minimize the impact on their existing U.K. operations.

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