The ESBG appreciates the efforts of the European Commission and the Liikanen Group to strengthen financial stability in the European banking landscape. The ESBG also welcomes the fact that the Liikanen Group brings the risky practices of investment banking including proprietary trading, shadow banking and the ‘Too big to fail-Problem’ to the spotlight, leaving aside the “Vickers Report” approach. In this sense, we appreciate that these proposals do not include any increase in capital requirements for retail banks and do not envisage a separation of businesses for the entire banking system - in.
