Fundamentals of EU Financial Regulation
Will be published approx. on 29. October 2026
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-19-286837-4 (ISBN)
Description
In today's interconnected financial markets, robust regulation is essential to safeguard stability, protect consumers, and maintain trust. EU financial regulation provides the framework that underpins these goals across member states, ensuring transparency, resilience, and integrity in a rapidly evolving environment shaped by digital innovation and sustainability challenges.
Fundamentals of EU Financial Regulation is the cornerstone of the Oxford EU Financial Regulation Series. This authoritative volume introduces the conceptual and institutional foundations of European financial regulation and offers a clear, systematic overview of the entire field. It explains how the different components of EU financial regulation fit together, interrelate, and contribute to the core objectives of regulation: market integrity, user protection, financial stability, and—more recently—sustainable finance.
Unlike works that treat aspects of financial regulation in isolation, this book provides the context needed to situate any question within the broader framework. Readers will find concise yet comprehensive guidance on legislation and case law, with each chapter concluding with further reading suggestions, including other titles in the Series. Digital and sustainable finance initiatives are integrated throughout, showing how they refine and reinforce the main regulatory objectives.
Written in an accessible style without sacrificing depth, this volume is an essential resource for practitioners, regulators, policymakers, and academics. It combines clarity with practical orientation, making it equally valuable for professionals and for advanced university courses on EU financial regulation.
Fundamentals of EU Financial Regulation is the cornerstone of the Oxford EU Financial Regulation Series. This authoritative volume introduces the conceptual and institutional foundations of European financial regulation and offers a clear, systematic overview of the entire field. It explains how the different components of EU financial regulation fit together, interrelate, and contribute to the core objectives of regulation: market integrity, user protection, financial stability, and—more recently—sustainable finance.
Unlike works that treat aspects of financial regulation in isolation, this book provides the context needed to situate any question within the broader framework. Readers will find concise yet comprehensive guidance on legislation and case law, with each chapter concluding with further reading suggestions, including other titles in the Series. Digital and sustainable finance initiatives are integrated throughout, showing how they refine and reinforce the main regulatory objectives.
Written in an accessible style without sacrificing depth, this volume is an essential resource for practitioners, regulators, policymakers, and academics. It combines clarity with practical orientation, making it equally valuable for professionals and for advanced university courses on EU financial regulation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-286837-4 (9780192868374)
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Veerle Colaert is Professor of Financial Regulation at KU Leuven and a visiting professor at the Universities of Luxembourg and Hasselt, having previously held visiting appointments at LMU Munich, Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Genoa. She is a member of the Belgian Resolution Board, the European Banking Institute, the steering committee of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU Sustainable Finance and Law, the editorial board of TRV-RPS, and the scientific committee of AEDBF Belgium. She chaired ESMA's Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group from 2019 to 2024, having been a member since 2016. She served on the Sanctions Commission of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority from 2016 to 2019. From 2000 to 2005 she was an attorney at the Brussels Bar.
Guido Ferrarini is Emeritus Professor of Business Law at the University of Genoa, founder of the Genoa Centre for Law and Finance, and academic member of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU Sustainable Finance and Law. He is founder and fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and academic member of the European Banking Institute. He holds a JD (University of Genoa), an LLM (Yale Law School), and a Dr jur (h.c., Ghent University). He has held visiting professorships at several universities in Europe and the US. He specializes in banking law, capital markets law, corporate law, and governance.
Seraina Gruenewald is Professor of International Economic Law and Finance Law at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland and a part-time professor at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. Before joining the University of St Gallen in 2024, she held the chair for European and Comparative Financial Law at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. She is also a member of the academic board of the European Banking Institute (EBI), an academic fellow with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU Sustainable Finance and Law at the University of Genoa (EUSFiL), and a member of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA).
Guido Ferrarini is Emeritus Professor of Business Law at the University of Genoa, founder of the Genoa Centre for Law and Finance, and academic member of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU Sustainable Finance and Law. He is founder and fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and academic member of the European Banking Institute. He holds a JD (University of Genoa), an LLM (Yale Law School), and a Dr jur (h.c., Ghent University). He has held visiting professorships at several universities in Europe and the US. He specializes in banking law, capital markets law, corporate law, and governance.
Seraina Gruenewald is Professor of International Economic Law and Finance Law at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland and a part-time professor at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. Before joining the University of St Gallen in 2024, she held the chair for European and Comparative Financial Law at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. She is also a member of the academic board of the European Banking Institute (EBI), an academic fellow with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU Sustainable Finance and Law at the University of Genoa (EUSFiL), and a member of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA).
Author
Professor of Financial LawProfessor of Financial Law, KU Leuven University and UHasselt
Emeritus Professor of Business LawEmeritus Professor of Business Law, University of Genoa
Professor of International Economic Law and Finance LawProfessor of International Economic Law and Finance Law, University of St Gallen