Should Barclays Spin-off the IB?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-11…
"Last week Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. analyst Chirantan Barua urged Staley to take the “big decisions” to spin off its investment bank with an initial public offering of a reconstituted Lehman Brothers"
Could it work? Given the current UK regulatory environment and anti-banking sentiment it may make sense.