116 Constraints
All in all, more than 10 years after the GFC, many countries have imple-
mented reforms in order to introduce some form of separation, but the initial
impetus has slowed down, some countries relaxing slightly the constraints (US)
or the reporting obligations. In July 2018, the EU Commission conrmed its
decision to withdraw its legislative proposal for bank structural reform (Finance
Watch 2017). The main reason was that recent legislation, notably the bank re-
covery and resolution directive (Chapter 7), has provided authorities with sweep-
ing new powers to force banks into adopting structural changes, if necessary, to
ensure that they can be resolved safely.
5.1.2.4 Issues related to regulation of the shadow banking system