EU votes through banking 'eat what you kill' law

The European Union is set to force banks to keep a 5% stake in loan and debt assets that they package into securities, one week after its executive branch proposed legislation to regulate funds and private equity firms.

The Strasbourg-based European Parliament yesterday voted though legislation, sponsored by Austrian Christian Democrat MP Othmar Karas, which aims to improve risk management.

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