Brussels, 24/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 20 October, EU Internal Market Commisioner Michel Barnier raised the option of considering separating off investment and retail banking to make the financial system less likely to collapse. He said last week, when unveiling the MiFID II draft legislation to changing the financial instruments markets (see EUROPE 10478), that he did not oppose the idea but the pros and cons would need to be properly assessed, particularly the potential...