Prof Niamh Moloney NAB6.08

This course is available on the MSc in Law and Accounting, MSc in Regulation, Master of Laws and Master of Laws (extended part-time study). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course capped at 30 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on LSEforYou.

The course examines the EU's regulation of the capital markets. It considers the harmonized regulatory regime which applies to capital market actors across the Member States and which supports the integrated market. The topics covered include: the rationale for integration and the role of law and the evolution of the integration project, including the impact of the financial crisis; the deregulation, liberalization, harmonization, and re-regulation mechanisms used to integrate and regulate the EU market; market access and the passport for investment services; the liberalization of order execution and the regulation of trading markets; the UCITS mutual funds regime; retail investor protection; the prospectus and disclosure regime; the regulation of gatekeepers;  and the institutional structure supporting regulation and supervision, including the role of the European Securities and Markets Authority. Course coverage may vary slightly from year to year.

20 hours of seminars in the MT. 2 hours of seminars in the ST.

One 2,000 formative essay will be set in MT.

Reading lists will be provided in advance for each seminar. Sample texts include: Moloney, EC Securities Regulation, 2nd edition (2008); Chiu, Regulatory Convergence in EU Securities Regulation (2008); Skinner (ed), The Future of Investing in Europe's Markets after MiFID (2007); Ferrarini and Wymeersch (eds), Investor Protection in Europe. Corporate Law Making, the MiFID and Beyond (2006); Ferran, Building an EU Securities Market (2004); Avgerinos, Regulating and Supervising Investment Services in the European Union (2003).

Preliminary reading

Moloney, EC Securities Regulation (2008), chapter 1 and Ferran, Building an EU Securities Market (2004) chapters 1 and 2.

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.