| Wall Street is bracing for a ruling that may hasten the exit of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley from businesses such as metals warehousing, oil shipping and power generation. Financial-industry executives expect the Federal Reserve to issue guidelines as soon as this month limiting bank participation in so-called physical-commodities businesses.
The decision would mark a significant step in the government's effort to curtail risky activities on Wall Street, forcing large financial companies to dismantle franchises a decade or more in the making. The rules would apply to all U.S. banking companies...............................................Full Article: Source
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