Foundations of EU Capital Markets Law

Filippo Annunziata, Professor of Financial Markets Law, Bocconi University, Milan, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice; Academic Board Member, European Banking Institute, Frankfurt, Germany; Co-Director, RULES Unit, Baffi-Carefin Centre, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

• ContentsPART I  FOUNDATIONS1 Introduction2 Fundamentals of financial regulation3 The taxonomy of legal sources4 The supervisory architecture5 The Savings and Investments Union and the Retail InvestmentStrategyPART II  CORE LEGISLATION6 The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)7 Trading venues8 Collective investment undertakings9 Prudential regulation10 EMIR, CSDR and the SFTRPART III  ISSUERS, TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNANCE11 The Prospectus Regulation12 Transparency Directive and Short Selling Regulation: SHRDII13 The takeover bids Directive14 PRIIPs15 Market abusePART IV  NEW FRONTIERS16 Sustainable finance and ESG17 Benchmarks and credit ratings18 MICAR, DORA, and DLTR19 Crowdfunding

‘By combining breadth and analytical depth with a context-sensitive methodology, the textbook offers a comprehensive yet dynamic account of EU capital markets regulation. It serves as a sophisticated lens through which both first-time and experienced readers can engage with the field’s core questions, emerging challenges, and evolving regulatory responses.’