BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.2B
- Private
- UK
Dow Jones Description
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the 'Old Lady' of Threadneedle Street, the Bank was founded in 1694, nationalised on 1 March 1946, and gained independence in 1997. Standing at the centre of the UK's financial system, the Bank is committed to promoting and maintaining monetary and financial stability as its contribution to a healthy economy.
Executive Director, Banking & Chief Cashier
Andrew BaileyNumber of Employees 1,639
NAICS Code Monetary Authorities-Central Bank: 521110
Recent Events
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FTSE 100 up 0.83%
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Euro Stocks Rally After US Economic Reports
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Europe shares hit 1-week closing high on U.S. data
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Dollar hovers near 1-year low ahead of Fed meeting
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BoE could cut rate paid on bank reserves
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Crisis measures boosting central banks' bottom line
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Europe Heeds Cautious Central Banks
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U.K.: Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Are Too Big
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BoE appoints Bailey head of Special Resolution Unit
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US economist joins Bank of England rate-setters
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Britain appoints Posen to replace Besley on BoE's MPC
News & Analysis
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U.S. Hedge Funds Demand Bank of England Free $65B in Frozen Lehman Assets
BNET
- 2008-10-17
US hedge funds have called on the Bank of England to free up some £38bn in Lehman Brothers Holdings assets â€" or face disaster for UK plc. But can they reasonably complain of regulatory scapegoating? Or are their current difficulties simply proof that the market’s working as...
Debt woes for Rock's embattled borrowers; In association with Chadwick Lawrence
- 2008-08-04
Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter ONE in five of Northern Rock's mortgage customers face the prospect of negative equity next year as house prices slump, it was reported today. About 5% of the nationalised lender's customers already have a bigger mortgage debt than the value of their...
European stock markets lower before rate calls
- 2008-05-08
LONDON AFP — Europe's main stock markets declined Thursday ahead of interest-rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone and after losses in Asia and on Wall Street overnight as sentiment was hit by record-high oil prices, dealers said. In late morning trade, London's FTSE 100 index of top companies...
Select banks still good bets, says Threadneedle.
- 2008-04-28
Byline: Oliver Shah UK banking stocks with strong Asian cashflows will be able to weather the storm of write-downs, according to Threadneedle's Leigh Harrison. Mr Harrison, head of UK equities at Threadneedle, said despite last week's GBP12bn rights issue from Royal...
Protection for the future.
- 2008-04-24
Byline: Hal Austin Phase one is nearing an end The credit crunch, which has plagued the mortgage and banking sectors since 9 august last year, seems to be on the brink of crossing the Rubicon. By the time you...
Darling in talks to beat credit crunch
- 2008-04-22
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will today meet mortgage lenders to discuss ways to help homeowners to survive the credit crunch. The Bank of England yesterday unveiled a pounds 50 billion scheme to tackle the credit crunch by allowing banks and building societies to swap their riskier mortgage-backed assets for safer...
Coventry extends its Sixty-Plus account.
- 2008-04-10
Coventry Building Society is extending Sixty Plus Notice account.. Girlie Garduce Coventry Building Society will be extending its Sixty-Plus Notice account to the over 50s. The 60 Plus Notice account will offer a market leading rate of 6.45 per cent annual...
Northern Rock in pay-off row; In association with Chadwick Lawrence
- 2008-03-31
Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter NORTHERN Rock was braced to face angry investors today - when it posts its first results since the bank's funding crisis. The troubled lender is set to reveal details of the pay-off for its former boss and the millions paid in advisory...
PSigma's Mott stays upbeat over UK equities.
- 2008-03-24
UK equities are "discounting Armageddon", according to PSigma Asset Management's Bill Mott.. Oliver Shah Mr Mott, manager of the GBP318.3m PSigma Income fund, said the markets were offering "sensational" value provided the Bank of England moved to cut rates in the near future. ...
Bank of England offers more liquidity for money markets
- 2008-03-20
LONDON AFP — The Bank of England said on Thursday it would inject 5.0 billion pounds into short-term money markets every week until April 9. The British central bank said in a short statement that it would offer a further 5.0 billion pounds on Thursday, following a similar injection...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andrew Bailey | Executive Director, Banking & Chief Cashier |
| Charles Bean | Executive Director and Chief Economist |
| Spencer Dale | Executive Director, Chief Economist |
| John Footman | Executive Director, Central Services |
| Nigel Jenkinson | Executive Director, Financial Stability |
| Paul Fisher | Executive Director, Markets |
| Paul Tucker | Executive Director, Markets |
| Adrian Piper | Agent |
| Chris Brown | Agent |
| Christopher Bailey | Agent |
| David Buffham | Agent |
| George Sampson | |
| Graham Nicholson | |
| Herbert Baker | |
| John Bartlett | Agent |
| John Soane | |
| John Whitley | Agent |
| John Young | Agent |
| Juliet Wheldon | |
| Kevin Butler | Agent |
| Paul Fullerton | Agent |
| Peter Andrews | Agent |
| Phil Eckersley | Agent |
| Timothy Besley | Professor |
| Tony Strachan | Agent |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Charles Goodhart | Chairman |
| Andrew Sentance | Board of Directors |
| David Blanchflower | Board of Directors |
| Harrison Young | Board of Directors |
| Kate Barker | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director, Banking & Chief Cashier | Current |
| Allgold of Sevenoaks | Current | |
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| Risk Limited | Senior Manager | Former |
| The London School of Economics | Research Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director and Chief Economist | Current |
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| The London School of Economics | Lecturer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director, Chief Economist | Current |
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director, Central Services | Current |
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director, Financial Stability | Current |
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Birmingham | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director, Markets | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Executive Director, Markets | Current |
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Current |
Graham Nicholson qualified with Freshfields in September 1971 and became a partner in 1980 while working in the firm's New York office. He helped establish the firm's first Asian office in Singapore later that year and, following his return to London, became departmental managing partner of the company department in 1986 (which later divided to become the corporate and finance departments). Graham was also managing partner of the firm between 1990 and 1993, before returning to full time practice. Graham's work has spanned a wide range of the firm's clients over the years. Most recently he has been well known for his work with a range of financial institutions clients, such as the London Stock Exchange on its listing, offers and proposed offers in recent years; Zurich Financial Services on a wide range of transactions, and Lloyd's and Equitas on the reconstruction of the Lloyd's insurance market in 1996 and the subsequent progress of Equitas. He is also relationship partner for Rolls Royce. Graham read law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and attended the Advanced Manager Program at Harvard Business School in 1990.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rolls Royce | Partner | Current |
| Bank of England | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Current | |
| Depart-Ment | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Professor | Current |
| The London School of Economics | Professor of Economics and Political Science | Current |
| Voxeu.Org | Current | |
| Econometric Society | Fellow | Current |
| University of Oxford | Former | |
| Econometric Society | Chair | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Airways | Chief Economist | Former |
| British Airways | Head of Environmental Affairs | Former |
| The London School of Economics | Former | |
| Society of Business Economists | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Labor Company | Fellow | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of England | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Glance-PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Aug 26
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BoE Bean-cbanks need tools to tackle asset prices
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BOE's King Sought Even More Stimulus
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Division within BOE surprises markets
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BoE split on size of monetary stimulus
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BoE split on QE stimulus rise; King wanted more
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UPDATE 3-BoE split on QE stimulus rise; King wanted more
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UPDATE 2-UK cbankers split on stimulus rise; King wanted more
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UK cbankers split on stimulus rise; King wanted more
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BoE split on 50 bln QE increase, King wanted 75 bln
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UPDATE 1-BoE split on 50 bln QE increase, King wanted 75 bln
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UK Business Credit Availability Is Hitting Consumers Too
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BOE Aug Minutes: Governor King Voted For GBP200 Billion Bond Buying
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BoE MPC voted 6-3 for 50 bln QE increase, King wanted 75 bln
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RPT-PREVIEW-BoE QE vote seen unanimous; fireworks if any split
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PREVIEW-BoE QE vote seen unanimous; fireworks if any split
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UPDATE 1-BoE's Sentance sees UK return to growth in '09-paper
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Is Britain's Economy on the Mend?
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King raises stakes in UK inflation gamble
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The impact of quantitative easing: When to call a halt
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