Editing Barings Bank (section)

===1929–1992===
During the Second World War, the British government used Barings to liquidate assets in the United States and elsewhere to help finance the war effort. After the war, Barings was overtaken in size and influence by other banking houses, but remained an important player in the market until 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wardsbookofdays.com|title=Barings Bank WW2 |publisher=Wardsbookofdays}}</ref>

The bank decided to enter the UK securities market buying Henderson Crosthwaite, a stockbroker, in May 1984 and Wilson & Watford, a stock jobber, in November 1985.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P6Z-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA341  |title=From Crisis to Crisis: The Transformation of Merchant Banking, 1914–1939|first= Brian|last=O'Sullivan|year=2018|page=341|publisher=Springer International Publishing|isbn=978-3319966984}}</ref>