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Regulating retail investment products: the financial crisis and the EU challenge

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This article examines the Commission’s important 2009 initiative on packaged retail investment products in the context of the financial crisis and the EU’s wider efforts to support retail investor engagement. It examines the drivers for the initiative and its risks and benefits.

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  1. Law Department, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St., London, WC2A 2AE, UK

    Niamh Moloney

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This paper is based on a presentation given by the author at the Academy of European Law Annual Conference on European Banking and Financial Services Law, Trier, 22–23 October 2009.

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Moloney, N. Regulating retail investment products: the financial crisis and the EU challenge. ERA Forum 11, 329–349 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-010-0164-x

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