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Markets and Insurance Company Investments, 1700–1900

In: The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960

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  • Nigel Edward Morecroft

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After 1700, financial markets in Britain developed rapidly in terms of borrowing and saving. Borrowing, underpinned by a stable financial system, was built around the Bank of England and a reliable government bond market, particularly after 1752 with the introduction of a risk-free asset. After the South Sea Bubble crisis, two insurance companies, the Royal Exchange and London Assurance, thrived. Life assurance subsequently developed rapidly with the Equitable, Scottish Widows, Standard Life and actuaries (William Morgan, A.H. Bailey) became increasingly influential. Insurance companies helped money and government bond markets to develop in the eighteenth century and securities markets (corporate debt and international securities) in the nineteenth. They funded developments such as the Bridgewater Canal, Regent Street (retail) and Belgravia (residential). Insurance companies were the first institutional investors.

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  • Nigel Edward Morecroft, 2017. "Markets and Insurance Company Investments, 1700–1900," Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, in: The Origins of Asset Management from 1700 to 1960, chapter 2, pages 13-54, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psitcp:978-3-319-51850-3_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51850-3_2
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