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...

The European experience suggests that the efforts made to achieve an efficient trade-off between monetary policy and prudential supervision ultimately failed. The severity of the global crisis have pushed central banks to explore innovative tools-within or beyond their statutory...

This book explains how to restructure and successfully turn around a bank or financial institution at a time when the global financial system is facing a new wave of disruption ushered in by innovation from digital financial technology, or FinTech. It is argued that within banking this process...

This book offers holistic, economic analysis of the on-going regulatory reform in the European banking industry. The author addresses the main opportunities and pitfalls related to post-crisis financial regulation, and investigates whether the proposed solutions provide an appropriate response...

Why did European policy-makers introduce the Banking Union? Which are its main features? How does it affect banks and their customers? This book tries to answer these questions, by providing a clear description of the building blocks of the Banking Union, and by showing that several issues...

This book presents an overview of the economics and politics implemented in the European Union and especially the Eurozone during the crisis of 2008-2012. Although it focuses on these four years, the analysis starts from the establishment of the European Union and covers the period up to the...

Rechtsakttrio und Regelungsübersicht -- Rechtstatsachen im Verhältnis zum europäischen Primärrecht.-Volkswirtschaftliche Notwendigkeiten eines europäischen Abwicklungsregimes -- Praxistauglichkeit des Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) -- Krisenprävention versus Krisenbewältigung.

Part I: European Banking: Through the Crises and Beyond -- Chapter 1: European Banking: An Overview; Thorsten Beck, Barbara Casu -- Chapter 2: Financial Structure; Marco Pagano, Sam Langfield -- Chapter 3: Bank Governance and Ownership Structures; John Wilson, John Goddard, Donal McKillop --...