The first comprehensive, authoritative account of the massive new regulatory and supervisory regime which now applies to the EU financial market following the radical and far-reaching regulatory, supervisory, and institutional reforms which have followed since the Global Financial Crisis. By examining the market, political, international, constitutional, and institutional context for the new regime, it provides the reader with a deep understanding not only of the
rules, but of how and why they were adopted and how they are likely to develop. It examines in-depth the massive array of new rules which have been adopted since 2008 and the related institutional
reforms, including the establishment of the European Securities and Markets Authority.