This book focuses on private enforcement of investor protection rules in the US, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. It examines whether and to what extent investors can claim damages for losses incurred, following breaches of specific investor protective rules contained in EU capital market law. The book concentrates on the difficulties and problems in assessing causation and loss. It particularly focuses on those protective rules aimed at empowering investors to assess the variety of investment products and strategies, and it enables them to make well-informed investment...