21 OCTOBER 2006, page 36

The Day The City Entered The Modern World

Martin Jacomb recalls Big Bang — the 1986 reforms which killed off London’s traditional ways of dealing in stocks and shares — and judges it a resounding success I t was a day......

Before And After The Bang

Christopher Fildes 25 October 1986 M y friend the stockjobber closed his book, turned his back on his pitch, and walked with me off the Stock Exchange floor, down Throgmorton......