What was the big bang?
25 years ago, the Big Bang changed the way we trade shares in the UK completely. Tim Bennett explains how the decision back in 1986 sculpted our market dilemmas of today.
Tim Bennett explainswhat the Big Bang was and how it changed the way we trade shares completely.
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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.
He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.
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