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When Genius Failed

The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein ...

Charts are best viewed on a tablet.Picking up where Liar’s Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer’s desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners.Founded by John Meriweather, a notoriously confident bond dealer, along ... Read more

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Charts are best viewed on a tablet.Picking up where Liar’s Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer’s desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners.Founded by John Meriweather, a notoriously confident bond dealer, along
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Dark Pools

The rise of A.I. trading machines and the looming threat to Wall Street

by Scott Patterson ...

Dark Pools is the pacy, revealing, and profoundly chilling tale of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots – many so self-directed that humans can’t predict what they’ll do next.It’s the story of the blisteringly intelligent computer programmers behind the rise of these ‘bots’. And it’s a timely warning that as artificial intelligence gradually takes over, we could be on the verge ... Read more

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Dark Pools is the pacy, revealing, and profoundly chilling tale of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots – many so self-directed that humans can’t predict what they’ll do next.It’s the story of the blisteringly intelligent computer programmers behind the rise of these ‘bots’. And it’s a timely warning that as artificial intelligence gradually takes over, we could be on the verge
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Trillions

How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever

by Robin Wigglesworth ...

Best books of 2021, Financial Times'Grab some popcorn and take a front row seat, because Robin Wigglesworth has an astonishing story to tell you' Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up'A fascinating account of an investment revolution' Ian Fraser, Literary Review'A magisterial, delightfully written history offering up portraits of the academic scribblers and entrepreneurial pra... ... Read more

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Best books of 2021, Financial Times'Grab some popcorn and take a front row seat, because Robin Wigglesworth has an astonishing story to tell you' Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up'A fascinating account of an investment revolution' Ian Fraser, Literary Review'A magisterial, delightfully written history offering up portraits of the academic scribblers and entrepreneurial pra...
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Reimagining Capitalism

Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2020

by Rebecca Henderson ...

**LONGLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020WHAT IF BUSINESS COULD HELP SOLVE THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME?**Free market capitalism is one of humanity's greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. At the same time, its single-minded pursuit of profit has led to rampant inequality and the looming threat of climate catastrophe - and now ... Read more

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**LONGLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020WHAT IF BUSINESS COULD HELP SOLVE THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME?**Free market capitalism is one of humanity's greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. At the same time, its single-minded pursuit of profit has led to rampant inequality and the looming threat of climate catastrophe - and now
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The Asset Class

How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself

by Hettie O'Brien ...

'Bang on the money' Guardian'Reads like a financial thriller' New Statesman'Astonishing' Irish Times'Read this if you want to know who precisely is to blame for, well, everything' Oliver BulloughA thrilling, eye-opening investigation into private equity, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive, it could have been created to underm... ... Read more

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'Bang on the money' Guardian'Reads like a financial thriller' New Statesman'Astonishing' Irish Times'Read this if you want to know who precisely is to blame for, well, everything' Oliver BulloughA thrilling, eye-opening investigation into private equity, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive, it could have been created to underm...
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Lombard Street

A Description of the Money Market

by Walter Bagehot ...

Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language. The book was in part a reaction to the 1866 collapse of Overend, Gurney and Company, located at 65 Lombard Street, from which the title draws its name. Bagehot’s description, and knowledge, is timeless and a must for anyone who wants to ... Read more

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Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language. The book was in part a reaction to the 1866 collapse of Overend, Gurney and Company, located at 65 Lombard Street, from which the title draws its name. Bagehot’s description, and knowledge, is timeless and a must for anyone who wants to
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A Very English Deceit

The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal (Text Only)

by Malcolm Balen ...

The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen’s hands becomes a morality tale for our times. A classic collision of political ambition, mercenary greed and financial revolution.The early years of the 18th-century produced two great monuments: one, Christopher Wren’s new cathedral of St Paul’s, an enduring testament to principled craft ... Read more

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The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen’s hands becomes a morality tale for our times. A classic collision of political ambition, mercenary greed and financial revolution.The early years of the 18th-century produced two great monuments: one, Christopher Wren’s new cathedral of St Paul’s, an enduring testament to principled craft
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財富背後的法律密碼

法律如何創造財富與不平等The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

by 卡塔琳娜．皮斯托（Katharina Pistor）, 趙盛慈 ...

Series series FROM
■首見由法學教授從法律、法規、條款的角度來探討，造成貧富差距、社會不公的手段。■法律已成為國家、企業、富人等分配財富，製造社會不平等、貧富不均的一個意外工具。■暢銷書《二十一世紀資本論》作者Thomas Piketty推薦：這是一本引人入勝的書，它證明了資本的權利如何深植於國際法律體制中，是一本必讀之作。**財富分配不均也是暴政哪裡有利可圖，哪裡的法規就會鬆綁。這樣可以嗎？你以為的「依法治國」其實是「資本治國」！法治是rule of law還是rule by law，有巨大的差別。揭開21世紀資本論未解之謎，破解法律如何決定財富分配、造成社會不平等的底層根源，你一定要懂什麼是創造資本的法律密碼。**「在所有形式的暴政中，最沒有吸引力、最粗俗的暴政，就是純粹財富的暴政，富豪統治的暴政。」──第二十六屆美國總統狄奧多．羅斯福（Theodore Roosevelt ... Read more

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■首見由法學教授從法律、法規、條款的角度來探討，造成貧富差距、社會不公的手段。■法律已成為國家、企業、富人等分配財富，製造社會不平等、貧富不均的一個意外工具。■暢銷書《二十一世紀資本論》作者Thomas Piketty推薦：這是一本引人入勝的書，它證明了資本的權利如何深植於國際法律體制中，是一本必讀之作。**財富分配不均也是暴政哪裡有利可圖，哪裡的法規就會鬆綁。這樣可以嗎？你以為的「依法治國」其實是「資本治國」！法治是rule of law還是rule by law，有巨大的差別。揭開21世紀資本論未解之謎，破解法律如何決定財富分配、造成社會不平等的底層根源，你一定要懂什麼是創造資本的法律密碼。**「在所有形式的暴政中，最沒有吸引力、最粗俗的暴政，就是純粹財富的暴政，富豪統治的暴政。」──第二十六屆美國總統狄奧多．羅斯福（Theodore Roosevelt
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Financial Collateral

Law and Practice

Edited by Matthias Haentjens ...

This is the first book to analyse and draw together all of the property law and regulatory and contractual issues relevant to financial collateral transactions. Collateralized finance transactions played a major role in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the near-failure of AIG during the early months of the global financial crisis, and are being increasingly recognised as being integral to the ... Read more

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This is the first book to analyse and draw together all of the property law and regulatory and contractual issues relevant to financial collateral transactions. Collateralized finance transactions played a major role in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the near-failure of AIG during the early months of the global financial crisis, and are being increasingly recognised as being integral to the
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2020

by Rebecca Henderson ...

***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020***FT Best books of 2020: Business'In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option. Henderson rightfully argues for the refoundation of capitalism and offers thought-provoking ideas on what needs to be done to address some of the world's greatest challenges.****' Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO, BestBuy________________<... ... Read more

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***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020***FT Best books of 2020: Business'In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option. Henderson rightfully argues for the refoundation of capitalism and offers thought-provoking ideas on what needs to be done to address some of the world's greatest challenges.****' Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO, BestBuy________________<...
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Tabelionato de Notas - 7ª Ed - 2024

by Christiano Cassettari, Felipe Leonardo Rodrigues, Paulo Roberto Gaiger Ferreira ...

Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de ... Read more

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Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de
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Postkapitalisme

En guide til vores samfund

by Paul Mason ...

Translated by Karsten Nielsen ...

I to hundrede år har kapitalismen blomstret takket være en unik tilpasningsevne. Hver gang kriser har truet dens eksistens, har den transformeret sig og rejst sig endnu stærkere end før. Men nu er grænsen nået, mener Paul Mason. Informationsteknologiens indtog har sat gang i en revolution, som har potentialet til fuldstændig at ændre vores opfattelse af arbejde, produktion og værdi. I alle hjørner ... Read more

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I to hundrede år har kapitalismen blomstret takket være en unik tilpasningsevne. Hver gang kriser har truet dens eksistens, har den transformeret sig og rejst sig endnu stærkere end før. Men nu er grænsen nået, mener Paul Mason. Informationsteknologiens indtog har sat gang i en revolution, som har potentialet til fuldstændig at ændre vores opfattelse af arbejde, produktion og værdi. I alle hjørner
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Neproliferarea nucleară după Tucidide

by Andreea Emilia Duță ...

Lucrarea de faţă este prima dintr-un ciclul de lucrări dedicate dosarului nuclear. Demersul pleacă de la mai multe comunicări prezentate la conferinţe studenţeşti naţionale şi internaţionale şi de la câteva articole şi studii pe această tematică publicate în ţară şi peste hotare. Nu mi-am propus să epuizez domeniul neproliferării deosebit de dens, dinamic şi contradictoriu; am încercat să ... Read more

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Lucrarea de faţă este prima dintr-un ciclul de lucrări dedicate dosarului nuclear. Demersul pleacă de la mai multe comunicări prezentate la conferinţe studenţeşti naţionale şi internaţionale şi de la câteva articole şi studii pe această tematică publicate în ţară şi peste hotare. Nu mi-am propus să epuizez domeniul neproliferării deosebit de dens, dinamic şi contradictoriu; am încercat să
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A Socio-Legal Theory of Money for the Digital Commercial Society

A New Analytical Framework to Understand Cryptoassets

by Israel Cedillo Lazcano ...

Series series Hart Studies in Commercial and Financial Law
This book poses the question: do we need a new body of regulations and the constitution of new regulatory agents to face the evolution of money in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?After the Global Financial Crisis and the subsequent introduction of Distributed Ledger Technologies in monetary matters, multiple opinions claim that we are in the middle of a financial revolution that will eliminate ... Read more

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This book poses the question: do we need a new body of regulations and the constitution of new regulatory agents to face the evolution of money in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?After the Global Financial Crisis and the subsequent introduction of Distributed Ledger Technologies in monetary matters, multiple opinions claim that we are in the middle of a financial revolution that will eliminate
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Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais

by Andreia Ruzzante Gagliardi, Marcelo Salaroli, Mario de Carvalho Camargo Neto ...

Series Book 6 - Coleção Cartórios
SOBRE A COLEÇÃO CARTÓRIOS Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e ... Read more

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SOBRE A COLEÇÃO CARTÓRIOS Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e
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Registro de imóveis

by Christiano Cassettari, Marcos Costa Salomão ...

Series series Cartórios
Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de ... Read more

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Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de
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Políticas de seguridad pública y privada

by Gorgonio Martínez Atienza ...

Universidad de Málaga. Área de derecho administrativo. Profesor asociado Dr. Gorgonio Martínez Atienza. Asignaturas políticas de seguridad pública y privada. Cuarto de criminología. ... Read more

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Universidad de Málaga. Área de derecho administrativo. Profesor asociado Dr. Gorgonio Martínez Atienza. Asignaturas políticas de seguridad pública y privada. Cuarto de criminología.
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Manual Completo de Direito Civil - 5ª Ed - 2026

by Wander Garcia, Gabriela Pinheiro ...

Por que você está diante de um Manual de Direito Civil perfeito para concursos, provas e exames? Porque este livro é escrito numa LINGUAGEM DIRETA e ALTAMENTE SISTEMATIZADA, sem exageros linguísticos e com foco constante na melhor e mais atualizada informação, de modo que se tem um texto que, de um lado, vai direto ao ponto e é sistematizado e, de outro, traz o maior número possível de informações ... Read more

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Por que você está diante de um Manual de Direito Civil perfeito para concursos, provas e exames? Porque este livro é escrito numa LINGUAGEM DIRETA e ALTAMENTE SISTEMATIZADA, sem exageros linguísticos e com foco constante na melhor e mais atualizada informação, de modo que se tem um texto que, de um lado, vai direto ao ponto e é sistematizado e, de outro, traz o maior número possível de informações
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The Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive

A Commentary

Edited by Pierpaolo Marano, Magdalena Kozińska ...

Series series Elgar Commentaries in Financial Law series
This comprehensive Commentary explains the objectives of the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD) and its crisis management structure as applicable to the EU (re)insurance sector. It provides an in-depth discussion of the mechanisms and tools that Member States will be required to implement, outlining the fundamental considerations for the transposition and practical application of ... Read more

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This comprehensive Commentary explains the objectives of the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD) and its crisis management structure as applicable to the EU (re)insurance sector. It provides an in-depth discussion of the mechanisms and tools that Member States will be required to implement, outlining the fundamental considerations for the transposition and practical application of
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Registro Civil de Pessoas Jurídicas

by João Pedro Lamana Paiva, Pércio Brasil Alvares ...

Series Book 4 - Cartórios
Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de ... Read more

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Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de
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Insider Trading and Market Manipulation

Investigating and Prosecuting Across Borders

by Janet Austin ...

This book explores how the globalization of securities markets has affected market manipulation and insider trading. It delves into the responses of securities regulators, discussing new regulations designed to deter such misconduct, as well as they ways in which detection, investigation and prosecution techniques are adapting to tackle insider trading and market manipulation that crosses ... Read more

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This book explores how the globalization of securities markets has affected market manipulation and insider trading. It delves into the responses of securities regulators, discussing new regulations designed to deter such misconduct, as well as they ways in which detection, investigation and prosecution techniques are adapting to tackle insider trading and market manipulation that crosses
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Tabelionato de Notas

by Christiano Cassettari, Paulo Roberto Galger Ferreira, Felipe Leonardo Rodrigues ...

Series series Cartórios
Sobre a obra Tabelionato de Notas 4ª Edição 2021 Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o ... Read more

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Sobre a obra Tabelionato de Notas 4ª Edição 2021 Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o
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Das Ausschlussrecht des Bieters und das Andienungsrecht der Minderheitsaktionaere im Uebernahmeverfahren

Eine Analyse der §§ 39a, 39c WpUeG

by Sebastian Thilo Müller ...

Series Book 5914 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
Der Autor untersucht die Regelungen der §§ 39a und 39c WpÜG unter besonderer Berücksichtigung praktischer Gesichtspunkte. Bei der Durchführung eines Übernahmeverfahrens nach dem WpÜG kommt es regelmäßig zu Herausforderungen, insbesondere, wenn die vollständige Übernahme der Zielgesellschaft beabsichtigt wird. Die vom Gesetzgeber hierfür geschaffene Sonderregelung wird von der Praxis jedoch bislang ... Read more

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Der Autor untersucht die Regelungen der §§ 39a und 39c WpÜG unter besonderer Berücksichtigung praktischer Gesichtspunkte. Bei der Durchführung eines Übernahmeverfahrens nach dem WpÜG kommt es regelmäßig zu Herausforderungen, insbesondere, wenn die vollständige Übernahme der Zielgesellschaft beabsichtigt wird. Die vom Gesetzgeber hierfür geschaffene Sonderregelung wird von der Praxis jedoch bislang
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Verborgene Liquiditaet im Marktordnungsrecht der MiFID

by Christian Hoops ...

Series Book 108 - Frankfurter wirtschaftsrechtliche Studien
Die Märkte, an denen Finanzinstrumente gehandelt werden, haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten drastisch verändert und entwickelten sich von physischen Marktplätzen mit Händlern zu komplexen Computernetzwerken, die ohne menschliche Interaktion Marktdaten empfangen, auswerten und eigene Entscheidungen treffen. Seit der MiFID-Gesetzgebung sind diese Märkte aufsichtsrechtlich fragmentiert und es ... Read more

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Die Märkte, an denen Finanzinstrumente gehandelt werden, haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten drastisch verändert und entwickelten sich von physischen Marktplätzen mit Händlern zu komplexen Computernetzwerken, die ohne menschliche Interaktion Marktdaten empfangen, auswerten und eigene Entscheidungen treffen. Seit der MiFID-Gesetzgebung sind diese Märkte aufsichtsrechtlich fragmentiert und es
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