This book presents a systematic research method for assessing policy questions from an economic and a behavioural economic perspective.

The book aims at practitioners, executive and market professionals from the banking and securities industry as well as academics, who want to update their insights and knowledge about the profound changes in securities trading, clearing and settlement in Europe. Readers will find state-of-the-art discussions about MiFID, T2S and so on.

Like many other markets, stock markets are characterised by asymmetric information. If investors cannot distinguish high-quality from low-quality securities, they will value all securities as average resulting in the well known market for lemons. How can high-quality listed companies communicate with stock markets to distinguish themselves from low-quality listed companies?

This book discusses the effectiveness of four traditional corporate governance mechanisms: board of directors, audit committee, internal control and audit, external audit) as monitoring and (to a lesser extent) entrepreneurial devices.

Belgian law applicable to listed companies has undergone numerous significant changes. A key obstacle for legal practitioners is, however, the accessibility of this new legislation. This Guide untangles the mass of legal rules.