Activist Naylor calls on Wells Fargo to study breakup

Reuters

Published Sep 15, 2016 03:39PM ET

Updated Sep 18, 2016 05:30AM ET

Activist Naylor calls on Wells Fargo to study breakup

BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investor Bart Naylor said on Thursday he has filed a shareholder resolution calling on Wells Fargo & Co (N:WFC) to study breaking up its business in the wake of a fake accounts scandal.

Naylor, a financial policy analyst for consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, has submitted similar measures at other large banks in recent years. His latest calls on Wells Fargo's directors to study "whether the divestiture of all non-core banking business segments would enhance shareholder value."