'The automated house. The dizitization of the London Stock Exchange, 1955-1990' in B Batiz-Lazo et al (eds), Technological Innovation in Retail Finance. International historical perspectives

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Focuses on the history of the development of market information systems in the London Stock Exchange, especially 1969-92, much based on oral history evidence provided by in-house development technologists, providing lessons on technological change in modern finance. Has sections: 'Analogue days on the floor of the House'; 'Computers in the Stock Exchange'; 'MPDS [Market Price Display System] goes to the country'; ''ARIEL' [Automated Real Time Investments Exchange]; 'The EPIC marketplace'; 'Special Systems Group and beyond'; 'A topic of conversation'; 'Change at the Exchange'