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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

UK financial markets deregulated on "Big Bang" day

On October 27, 1986, the so-called "Big Bang" deregulated markets throughout the London Stock Exchange as part of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's financial reform program.



Learn more about the effects of the Big Bang in the United Kingdom.
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