"The topic of investor protection has occupied investors, regulators, academics, and courts since at least the Great Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of the 1930s. The topic, however, exploded in importance after the 2008 financial crisis and the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme of the same year. In addition, the relatively high returns for equity, compared to other asset classes, has fueled the growth of the equity markets, which continues to spark questions over whether regulators are doing all they can to protect investors"--

Introduction: continuity and change in investor protection Arthur B. Laby; Part I. Institutionalization and Investor Protection: 1. The financialization of corporate governance Roberta S. Karmel; 2. 'Public' mutual funds Jeff Schwartz; 3. The overlooked effects of passive management Anita K. Krug; 4. Retail investor protection and empowerment: reflections from the European Union Niamh Moloney; 5. Which investors to protect? Evolving conceptions of the American shareholder Jacob Hale Russell; Part II. The Scope of Investor Protection Regulation: 6. Retirement plan reforms in the absence of a retirement policy Natalya Shnitser; 7. Rogue brokers and the limits of agency law Deborah A. DeMott; 8. Protecting investors of collective-investor trusts in China Lusina Ho; 9. Jurisdiction and applicable law in investor suits Matthias Lehmann; Part III. The Regulation of Market Professionals: 10. Techniques of regulatory implementation: the case of Reg BI and Form CRS James A. Fanto; 11. Regulation best interest, customer trust, and the move to make private investments more available to retail investors Donald C. Langevoort; 12. Best execution: an impossible dream? Onnig H. Dombalagian; 13. Equilibrium investor protection: active mutual fund fees Michel A. Habib and D. Bruce Johnsen; 14. Reputational bonding and the birth of investment adviser regulation Arthur B. Laby; Part IV. Alternative Regulatory Regimes: 15. Do lawyers make good gatekeepers? Sung Hui Kim; 16. Retail investors and Delaware corporate law J. Travis Laster; 17. Investor protections in Muslim jurisdictions Russell Powell; 18. Insider trading law in the United States and Australia: fiduciary breaches, market abuses, and the harshness of penalties Donna M. Nagy and Juliette Overland; 19. Markets versus regulation: investor protection in the United States compared to Israel Nitzan Shilon.