Mutual funds : meaning, forms, and operations -- Mutual funds : growth and history -- Mutual funds regulation : the UK -- Mutual funds prudential regulation : the UK -- Governance of mutual funds : comparative accounts of the UK and US -- Regulation of undertakings for collective investment in...

This book analyzes the legal system for the protection of retail investors under the European Union law of investment services. It identifies the regulatory leitmotiv driving the EU lawmaker and ascertains whether and to what extent such a system is self-sufficient, using a set of EU-made and...

In this study, I examine whether firms and executives with long-term political connections through contributions and lobbying incur lower costs from the enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I find that politically connected firms on average are less likely to be...