Rothwell, M., Jowett, P. (1988). Building Societies. In: Rivalry in Retail Financial Services. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09655-8_4 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09655-8_4 Publisher NamePalgrave Macmillan, Lon...
Building societies may not prove as attractive as they are assumed to be, if Merrill Lynch is right in predicting that margins on British mortgage lending will eventually halve to about 1 per cent.The Independent (London, England)
Building Societies We actively deal with the Building Society sector, assisting with its wholesale funding requirements and the investment of its liquid assets with a range of other financial institutions in the London markets.
The activities of the building societies can be crudely categorised as those pre and post 1986 and those pre and post competition from the retail banks. The relatively simple role of societies pre 1986 is adequately summarised by the Building Societies Act 1962....
In contrast, branch closures have been mainly in smaller urban centres, in the north and west of Britain. It seems, however, in the short term at least, that this rationalization is unlikely to be on the scale found in the banking sector. 展开 关键词: building societies re-regulation ...
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A sample of 325 (mainly ethnic minority) members of the public in six locations in Greater London were questioned about their perceptions of the corporate images of banks, building societies, and ex-building societies that had recently converted themselves into banks. It emerged that interviewees ...
First and foremost, Progressive is a local organisation for local people. Founded in 1914, we put you at the heart of everything we do. We’re a building society rather than a bank, so you can count on us to always put our customers’ needs first. ...
LIFFE opened in the Royal Exchange building in the City of London in September 1982, to provide a market in the European time zone offering financial futures and, since 1985, financial options, to dealers and investors. From the outset Building Societies have worked with the Exchange to evaluate...
The Building Societies Protection Association was established in London in 1869 to protect the interests of these societies, which numbered 1,723 societies by 1910. The Building Societies Act, which was passed into law in 1986, provided societies with the power to provide members with housing and ...