Antonio Marcacci, a compliance professional in a leading European GSIB (Global Systemically Important Bank) since 2013, is interested in the interface between academic research and professional banking and finance. He was awarded with a PhD in Law by the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. During his PhD, Antonio interned at the World Bank in Washington, DC and was a visiting fellow at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) and at the Law School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States). Besides conducting professional training, he teaches EU and US Banking and Financial Law at the University of Passau (Germany), and at the University of Leipzig (Germany).

• Introduction.- Chapter One: Towards a European Investor Protection Law.- First Part: The Law on the Books.- Chapter Two: The Evolution of the EU Law of Financial Markets.- Chapter Three: The Relationship Between an Investment Service Provider and a Retail Investor: EU and US compared.- Second Part: The Law in Action.- Chapter Four: Public Enforcement.- Chapter Five: Private Enforcement.- Chapter Six: The Compliance Function as Embedder of the Law-on-the-Book and as Enforcement Frontliner.- Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Unbridgeable Gaps with the US and the Emergence of an Increasingly Self-Sufficient EU Regulatory Investor Protection Law.

Antonio Marcacci, a compliance professional in a leading European GSIB (Global Systemically Important Bank) since 2013, is interested in the interface between academic research and professional banking and finance. He was awarded with a PhD in Law by the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. During his PhD, Antonio interned at the World Bank in Washington, DC and was a visiting fellow at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) and at the Law School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States). Besides conducting professional training, he teaches EU and US Banking and Financial Law at the University of Passau (Germany), and at the University of Leipzig (Germany).

• Introduction.- Chapter One: Towards a European Investor Protection Law.- First Part: The Law on the Books.- Chapter Two: The Evolution of the EU Law of Financial Markets.- Chapter Three: The Relationship Between an Investment Service Provider and a Retail Investor: EU and US compared.- Second Part: The Law in Action.- Chapter Four: Public Enforcement.- Chapter Five: Private Enforcement.- Chapter Six: The Compliance Function as Embedder of the Law-on-the-Book and as Enforcement Frontliner.- Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Unbridgeable Gaps with the US and the Emergence of an Increasingly Self-Sufficient EU Regulatory Investor Protection Law.

Antonio Marcacci, a compliance professional in a leading European GSIB (Global Systemically Important Bank) since 2013, is interested in the interface between academic research and professional banking and finance. He was awarded with a PhD in Law by the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. During his PhD, Antonio interned at the World Bank in Washington, DC and was a visiting fellow at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) and at the Law School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States). Besides conducting professional training, he teaches EU and US Banking and Financial Law at the University of Passau (Germany), and at the University of Leipzig (Germany).

• Introduction.- Chapter One: Towards a European Investor Protection Law.- First Part: The Law on the Books.- Chapter Two: The Evolution of the EU Law of Financial Markets.- Chapter Three: The Relationship Between an Investment Service Provider and a Retail Investor: EU and US compared.- Second Part: The Law in Action.- Chapter Four: Public Enforcement.- Chapter Five: Private Enforcement.- Chapter Six: The Compliance Function as Embedder of the Law-on-the-Book and as Enforcement Frontliner.- Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Unbridgeable Gaps with the US and the Emergence of an Increasingly Self-Sufficient EU Regulatory Investor Protection Law.