Banking Today

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There is a pervasive idea in the world outside banks that banking and financial services should really be a riskless business, providing riskless products. In this lecture, Sir Peter Middleton explores how modern banks promote themselves as 'safe havens', while simultaneously making money - especially as there is nothing 'safe' that banks can do with money once they get it.

This is the 1996 Gresham Special Lecture.

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This event was on Wed, 01 May 1996

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Sir Peter Middleton

Sir Peter Middleton was the Deputy Chairman of Barclay's Bank and Chief Executive of Barclay's Capital (formerly BZW) between 1991 and 1998. From 1998 to 1999 he...

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