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Obama to propose new limits on banks
By Martin | January 21, 2010
The White House wants commercial banks that take deposits from customers to be barred from investing on behalf of the bank itself—what’s known as proprietary trading—and said the administration will seek new limits on the size and concentration of financial institutions. Under the proposed rule, commercial banks would be prohibited from owning, investing in or advising hedge funds or private-equity firms. Administration officials said they also want to toughen an existing cap on bank market share. Since 1994, no bank can have more than 10% of the nation’s insured deposits. The Obama administration wants that cap to include non-insured deposits and other assets.
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