The EU is well advanced in (re-)shaping the regulatory structure for securities markets.
This paper by Charles Goldfinger, Managing Director of Global Electronic Finance Management, presents the findings and preliminary conclusions of a study carried by GEF between M
After the adoption of the EU pension funds directive, the regulatory framework for asset management in the EU is complete.
In November 2000, the European Commission announced its intention to undertake a review of the Investment Services Directive (ISD).
Since the 1960s, the EU has tried to forge a legal regime for investment services.
The enforcement of the ban on insider trading requires an evaluation of the disgorgement, i.e.
The Lamfalussy Process seeks to reduce barriers to integration in the single market for financial services.
The asset management industry encompasses a broad range of businesses, in terms both of size as well as regulatory regimes.
This study focuses on the relationship between small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), private equity and wider capital markets in the EU and in the USA.
The aim of securities market regulation is to ensure proper disclosure and enforcement via a complex set of intermediaries and institutions.
Capital markets in Europe are in a process of deep restructuring. At last, they are becoming more integrated and truly European.
Since the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries have been undergoing a transition period from a command economy to a market-or
