Building Societies in the Financial Services Industry

Barbara Casu is the Director of the Centre for Banking Research at Cass Business School, City University London, where she is Professor of Banking. Her research interests are in the areas of banking, financial regulation, corporate governance and industrial organisation. Barbara has published over 30 papers in international peer reviewed journals, including the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.Andrew Gall is the Economist at the Building Societies Association, the trade body for all UK building societies.

• 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.