Overall, the book is a thorough examination on technical and complex legal matters related to investment advice and practice. It would benefit financial law practitioners and a less expert audience interested in approaching the topic also from an academic perspective. It is an important reading for those interested in financial investment law and regulation.
Lodewijk van Setten is Visiting Professor of Financial Law at King's College London and Senior Financial Services Consultant. He has wide-ranging experience in the financial services sector, including tenures as International COO and Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management and European Counsel at State Street Global Advisors, and present engagements as Senior Consultant to institutional financial services clients. He has published widely on
investment management and funds including Van Setten: The Law of Institutional Investment Management (OUP, 2009), and Van Setten and Busch: Alternative Investment Funds in Europe - Law and Practice (OUP, 2014). This book is the natural successor to his 2009 work, tackling the subject on a broader,
practical, and more rounded basis.