Single point of entry is designed to focus losses on the shareholders and long-term debt holders of the failed parent and to produce a well-capitalized bridge holding company in place of the failed parent. The critical operating subsidiaries would be well capitalized, and would remain open for business.
An important lesson from that experience is the centrality of a crisis communication strategy. Markets need certainty and assurance that competent authorities have the facts and means to resolve crises if and when they arise.