List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface PART ONE: BANKING AND FINANCIAL MARKETS The Structure of the Banking System Between the 1960s and 1980s The UK's Financial Structure and Economic Sectors The Development of the Supplementary Retirement Provision and the Pension Crisis The Configuration of the Banking System in the Last Fifteen Years The Stability of the British Banking Sector Markets and Market Infrastructures: Institutional and Prudential Aspects The Sub-prime Mortgage Market Crisis and its Effects on the UK Banking Sector PART TWO: THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK The New Regulatory Framework: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) The Combined Code of Corporate Governance The Competition Act (1998) and Related Regulatory Frameworks Conclusions Notes References Index List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface
CARLO GOLA works in the Banking and Financial Supervision of
the Bank of Italy, Italy. He received a degree in Economics from
University of Modena, Italy, and a Master of Philosopy (M.Ph.) in
Economics from the University of Oxford, UK. He worked at Centro
Studi Economici e Finanziari (IPSOA), at the Istituto per la
Ricerca Sociale (IRS) and in research projects financed by the
Consiglio Nazionale per le Ricerche (CNR). He has been appointed as
Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of International Monetary
Fund (IMF). He is author of several articles and working papers in
applied economics and banking.
ALESSANDRO ROSELLI spent his whole career at the central Bank
of Italy, lastly as chief representative for the United Kingdom. He
gained a degree in Law, Rome University, Italy. He has been A.C.
Jemolo Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford and is
currently visiting fellow at the Cass Business School in London.
Among his books: 'La finanza americana' (Laterza, 1995), 'Il
governatore Azzolini' (Laterza 2000), 'Italy and Albania, Financial
Relations in the Fascist Period' (I.B. Tauris), 2006).
'This volume gives a thorough introduction to the UK banking and financial system, and will be a very valuable source of authoritative information for practitioners and for students' - Professor Peter Sinclair, Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham, UK
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