CreditAg restructures regional bank holdings

Credit Agricole is simplifying is structure and selling back its stakes in nearly 40 regional lenders its holds as a mutual bank.  This restructuring will release capital and reduce the complexity of the group and follows Rabobank's recent decision as a co-operative bank to restructure as well.  Best guesses is that this could add 20bps or more to the parent's Tier 1 ratio, which was well above 10% in the autumn.  More information on this strategic development is found here: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-credit-agricole-capital-idUSKCN0UX0UW

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