Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) (LON:BARC) signaled a return to its retail roots by slashing much of its investment bank and parking 400 billion pounds of assets in a new ‘bad bank’.
Its carve-up plan will provide enhanced prominence to Barclays’ retail operations in the UK, its Barclaycard credit card arm and its African business.
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