BCS Barclays PLC

-- Activist investor Edward Bramson has sounded out investors about winding down the markets segment of Barclays' investment bank, shedding its fixed-income, commodities, and currencies operations, according to the London Evening Standard, citing unnamed sources.

-- Bramson has mentioned asset-management giant Citadel as a potential buyer of the Barclays Markets assets, in a move which would free up around GBP60 billion in capital, says the Standard.

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