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Zusatztext The book is written in a very accessible style, it helps the reader by including a large amount of footnotes for immersion into further reading and contains the information relevant to come to grips with the law on financial investment.It is helpful that the book starts with the basics or general principles, supports its findings by international comparisons and it is suited, therefore, for practitioners and legal policy advisers...as well as academics.It can be thoroughly recommended to any (international) reader interested in the topic of the law on financial investment. Informationen zum Autor Iain G MacNeil is the Alexander Stone Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Glasgow. Klappentext The world of financial investment has experienced an unprecedented boom followed by a spectacular bust. Significant changes have been proposed and in some cases implemented in areas such as the structure of regulation! the organisation of markets and the protection of consumers. The new edition of this book takes account of these developments. The book is written in a very accessible style, it helps the reader by including a large amount of footnotes for immersion into further reading and contains the information relevant to come to grips with the law on financial investment.It is helpful that the book starts with the basics or general principles, supports its findings by international comparisons and it is suited, therefore, for practitioners and legal policy advisers...as well as academics.It can be thoroughly recommended to any (international) reader interested in the topic of the law on financial investment.Dr Roman JordansJournal of International Banking Law and RegulationVolume 28, Issue 4 Zusammenfassung The world of financial investment has experienced an unprecedented boom followed by a spectacular bust. Significant changes have been proposed and in some cases implemented in areas such as the structure of regulation, the organisation of markets and the protection of consumers. The new edition of this book takes account of these developments. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1—INVESTMENT, LAW AND REGULATION1 The Nature of Investment 2 Regulation of Investment—Rationale and Development 273 The Regulatory System in the UK PART 2—INVESTMENTS AND INVESTORS4 Investments—Nature and Typology 5 Institutional Investment 6 Private Investors and the Retail Financial Market PART 3—FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE7 Corporate Finance—General Principles 8 Corporate Finance—Listing and Public Offers 9 Corporate Governance—Overview and Evolution10 Corporate Governance—Board Structure and Operation 11 Corporate Governance—Takeovers PART 4—MARKETS AND PARTICIPANTS12 Trading Markets—Overview 13 Trading Markets—Transparency and Integrity 14 Market Participants—Role and General Legal Principles 15 Market Participants—Regulatory Structure and Rules...
