Building Societies in the Financial Services Industry

• Main Authors: Casu, Barbara (Author), Gall, Andrew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Finance.; Bank marketing.; Financial Services.

This book presents an analysis of the role of UK building societies, their strengths and weaknesses, and their contribution to the industry, at a time where public confidence in banking is low. Chapters present the results of an empirical analysis of the comparative performance of UK building societ...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1) Financial Services and The UK Economy
• Chapter 2) A Brief History of Building Societies
• Chapter 3) Legislation, Regulation and Governance of Building Societies
• Chapter 4) Financial Structure of the Building Society Sector
• Chapter 5) The Performance of Building Societies: A Comparative Analysis.