British Banking
Continuity and Change from 1694 to the Present
Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-872736-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-872736-1 (ISBN)
This is the first book to attempt a comprehensive study of the entire British banking system from its origins in the late 17th century until the present day. As such it sheds light on what made the British banking system one of the most resilient and trusted in the world and how it was able to maintain that position for so long.
The Global Financial Crisis made its first appearance in Britain towards the end of 2007 with the failure of the Northern Rock Bank. It then reached an unparalleled intensity a year later when the government was forced to intervene to prevent the collapse of Lloyds/HBOS and RBS/Natwest. Before these events the British banking system possessed a long established reputation for resilience and competence that made it one of the most admired and trusted in the world. The financial crisis of 2007/8, and the subsequent revelations about the behaviour of bankers, destroyed that reputation and drove a desire for a complete reform of the British banking system. Forgotten in this headlong rush towards radical restructuring were the reasons why the British banking system had become so admired and trusted. The aim of this book is to explain why the British banking system gained its reputation for resilience and competence, maintained it for over 100 years, and then lost it in such a rapid and spectacular fashion.
To achieve that aim requires a study of the entire banking system. Banks are key components of a complex financial system continually interacting with each other, and constantly changing over time, This makes the conventional distinctions drawn between different types of banks, including those specialising in international finance, savings and loans, corporate lending, and retail deposits and borrowing, inappropriate for any long-term analysis. The distinctions between different types of banks were neither absolute nor permanent but relative and temporary. Banks were also central to both the payments system and the money market without which no modern economy could function. What this book is about is the development of the British banking system as a whole over more than three centuries. Only with such an understanding is it possible to appreciate what the British banking system achieved and then maintained from the middle of the 19th century onwards, why it was lost in such a short space of time, and what needs to be done to return it to the position it once occupied. Without such an understanding the mistakes of the recent past are destined to be repeated time and gain.
The Global Financial Crisis made its first appearance in Britain towards the end of 2007 with the failure of the Northern Rock Bank. It then reached an unparalleled intensity a year later when the government was forced to intervene to prevent the collapse of Lloyds/HBOS and RBS/Natwest. Before these events the British banking system possessed a long established reputation for resilience and competence that made it one of the most admired and trusted in the world. The financial crisis of 2007/8, and the subsequent revelations about the behaviour of bankers, destroyed that reputation and drove a desire for a complete reform of the British banking system. Forgotten in this headlong rush towards radical restructuring were the reasons why the British banking system had become so admired and trusted. The aim of this book is to explain why the British banking system gained its reputation for resilience and competence, maintained it for over 100 years, and then lost it in such a rapid and spectacular fashion.
To achieve that aim requires a study of the entire banking system. Banks are key components of a complex financial system continually interacting with each other, and constantly changing over time, This makes the conventional distinctions drawn between different types of banks, including those specialising in international finance, savings and loans, corporate lending, and retail deposits and borrowing, inappropriate for any long-term analysis. The distinctions between different types of banks were neither absolute nor permanent but relative and temporary. Banks were also central to both the payments system and the money market without which no modern economy could function. What this book is about is the development of the British banking system as a whole over more than three centuries. Only with such an understanding is it possible to appreciate what the British banking system achieved and then maintained from the middle of the 19th century onwards, why it was lost in such a short space of time, and what needs to be done to return it to the position it once occupied. Without such an understanding the mistakes of the recent past are destined to be repeated time and gain.
Ranald Michie is one of the world's leading financial historians. He has published extensively on various aspects of the history of finance over the last 40 years. Among his many books are ones on the City of London, the London Stock Exchange and the Global Securities Market.
Introduction
1: Context and Chronology, 1694-2015
2: Crises and Crescendo, 1694 - 1825
3: Consolidation and Competence, 1825-1914
4: Choice and Connections, 1825 - 1914
5: Complications and Co-operation, 1914 - 1945
6: Control and Compartmentalisation, 1945 - 1970
7: Convergence and Conversions, 1970 -1997
8: Competition and Complacency, 1997 - 2007
9: Catastrophe and Convalescence, 2007 - 2015
10: Comments and Conclusion
Epilogue
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.11.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 638 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung | |
| Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-872736-4 / 0198727364 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-872736-1 / 9780198727361 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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