News

Effie Gray

The bank recently hosted a film preview of Effie Gray, a film directed by Richard Laxton and produced by Donald Rosenfeld and Andreas Roald.Read more

Orders and Rules

January's Manuscript of the Month from the bank's archives looks at King George's public entry into London, 1714. This was the start of an era which saw both Britain and Hoare's Bank change immeasurably.

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2014 Road Ahead

Economic conditions improved considerably in the quarter, and the Federal Reserve started to plan for the tapering of its asset purchases, which it announced will begin in January.Read more

Mount Fuji Image

Japan was the best performing major stock market in 2013. We discuss some of the key elements and what they mean for Japanese equities and for the economy in 2014.Read more

December 2013
Coins

The Chancellor delivered the Autumn Statement on 5th December. This was against the now familiar background of austerity measures, although retrospective figures indicated that the UK had not, in fact, experienced a double dip recession.Read more