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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Disney activist investor Nelson Peltz urges insuring all bank deposits for a fee

Trian Fund Management co-founder Nelson Peltz wants large depositors to pay a fee to insure their money against a bank collapse. (Credit: Calla Kessler—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Bank customers looking for peace of mind should be offered the option to pay a small fee to the U.S. federal government for insuring large deposits, proposed Trian Fund Management co-founder Nelson Peltz. 

The large shareholder of Disney, who recently called a ceasefire in his proxy war with the Mouse House, argued such a scheme would immediately prevent the current run on regional lenders.

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