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...

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...