Regulation of the London Stock Exchange

In 1914, the notion of statutory regulation of trading in shares was anathema to both the Government and the London Stock Exchange. By 1945, a statutory scheme of regulation had been introduced. This book serves to:

• Track the steps by which this outcome came about,
• Explain why the Exchange felt obliged in the process to abandon long-cherished policies,
• Analyse the forces which led to it, and
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