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The phrase Big Bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe measures, including abolition of fixed commission charges and of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchange and change from open outcry to screen-based electronic trading, effected by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1986.
The Bank of England acts as the UK's central bank, influencing interest rates paid by private banks, to achieve targets in inflation, growth and employment.. The Bank of England was originally established as a corporation with private shareholders under the Bank of England Act 1694, [1] to raise money for war with Louis XIV, King of France.
Long title: An Act to regulate the carrying on of investment business; to make related provision with respect to insurance business and business carried on by friendly societies; to make new provision with respect to the official listing of securities, offers of unlisted securities, takeover offers and insider dealing; to make provision as to the disclosure of information obtained under ...
Over the past 40 years (to 2014) the banking system in the UK experienced a 'dramatic shift' with total assets increasing from 100% of GDP to 450%, and it is 'plausible that the UK banking system will continue to grow rapidly', owing to its probable 'comparative advantage' in international banking services, with the pre-eminence of London as a ...
Bank of Botswana ; Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) Brazil: Central Bank of Brazil ; Securities Commission (CVM) ; Superintendency of Private Insurance (SUSEP) and Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS) British Virgin Islands: British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVIFSC) Brunei
The Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom governing building societies (mutually-owned mortgage-lending institutions). [1] It removed certain restrictions on the range of services they could offer, so that they could compete with banks on a level basis: they could now make unsecured loans, offer cheque accounts, exchange currencies, provide ...
In the banking union (which includes the euro area as well as countries that join on a voluntary basis, lately Bulgaria), the European Central Bank, through its supervisory arm also known as ECB Banking Supervision, is the hub of banking supervision and works jointly with national bank supervisors, often referred to in that context as "national ...
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling announces that the UK government will guarantee all existing Northern Rock deposits. 19 September 2007 Bank of England announces credit injection The Bank of England announces an injection of £10 billion into credit markets in an attempt to bring down 3 month inter-bank interest rates. 9 October 2007