This volume contains the principles and policies of financial regulation and a large number of snapshot country surveys, including EU directives. It reviews the regulation of banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, investment managers and advisers and covers the regulation of exchanges. It deals with the conduct of business by financial firms including conflicts of interest and client assets and looks at prospectuses, prospectus liability and prospectus due diligence and contents. The book also :

• Surveys collective investment schemes and hedge funds
• Deals with market manipulation, insider dealing and other market abuse
• Surveys financial supervision and capital adequacy
• Contains outlines and commentaries on documents

An exhaustive and up-to-date treatise on the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002, with Security Interest(Enforcement) Rules 2002, as amended up-to-date.