Banker's World

The Revival of the City 1957-1970

Richard Fry

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415382045
• eBook ISBN: 9781136609749
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

First Published in 2005. In the decade of the sixties, which brought so many disappointments to the British people, one signal achievement stands out: the revival of "The City"—London's financial district—as a major centre of international finance. To work in the City now seems to hold the promise of moving up fast, not merely to good pay and good social standing but to an early share of responsibility. George Lewis French Bolton was born in 1900 and started work in the City before he was seventeen. This volume is a collection of works by Sir George Bolton on the revival of the City from 1957 to 1970.

INDEX

Adenauer, Konrad, 100, 170

Alliance for Progress, 132, 184

Anglo-South American Bank, 204, 206

Atlantic Trade Study, 171

Bagehot, Walter, 12

balance of payments, 149, 160; problems, 102; public sector and, 157;

Bank for International Settlements, 24 82, 141, 152

Bank of England, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34, 36, 37, 41, 110, 113, 127, 137; domestic policies, 113; foreign aspects of work, 20; Foreign Exchange Dept. 19; war precautions, 111

Bank of London and Montreal, 129, 214, 215

Bank of London and South America (BOLSA), 7, 17, 20, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 37, 43, 59, 60, 61, 66, 69, 71, 203, 204, 205, 206; British exports, and, 210; international banking, and, 209-11; investment banking, 217-9; link with dollar, 211-2; Mellon, and, 212; origins and history, 202-7; post-war expansion, 214-6; specialist control, 207

Bank Rate, the, 16

banking: clearing banks, 88, 113; domestic, 90, 114; foreign, 90, 114; local branch, 13; revolution, 195; services, 12; world of, 34

banking systems, 113, 114; British, 112, 198; European 91

Banque Commerciale pour l’Europe du Nord, 3, 144

Bolton, Sir George, 18–23; Bank of England, and, 18–23; NAFTA, and, 172; grand review of world, 183; devaluation, and, 153, 158; on American restrictions, 91; on BOLSA, 180; on Britain and E.E.C., 95, 169; on Britain’s position, 127; on easing tension, 163; on European interest in Latin America, 59; on exchange crisis, 77; on foreign exchange situation, 50; on monetary crisis, 77; on opportunities in Latin America, 69; on Foreign Exchange Dept., 19

Bretton Woods, 147, 151, 163, 164; Agreement, 24, 161, 163; Conference, 23; final act, the, 164

Bridge, Roy, 20

Britain, role of, 134

Brazil, financial institutions, 218

Britain’s current controversies, 138

Britain’s future, 129

Britain’s invisible earnings, 12, 216

Britain’s long-term interests, 128

Britain’s reserves, 46

Britain’s sterile financial policies, 132

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Foreword by Sir Frank Lee Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, formerly Permanent Secretary of H.M. Treasury.
• Introduction by Richard Fry former financial editor of The Guardian.
• The Rebirth of the City
• At the Bank of England
• Dawn of a New Era
• Speeches and Writings of Sir George Bolton, 1956–1970
• The Horrors of Peace
• Latin American Vision
• Transformation of the Monetary Scene
• Britain’s Role in the World
• The World after Cuba
• The Break-up of the Sterling System
• The Westward Policy Confirmed
• Prospects and Policies 1969–70
• Appendix I Some City Statistics
• Appendix II Bolsa under Sir George Bolton by H. A. Holley
• Index