Chapter 1
Edmond Curtin, Attorney at Law; Solicitor; BCL University College Dublin; BL Honorable Society of Kings Inns; is Visiting Professor at the University of Westminster, and a Member of the Centre for Finance and Law Research LLP.
Chapter 2
Igor Axenov, CFA is a Risk Manager at the Investment Banking division of Barclays Group in New York. In his current position, he is responsible for managing market risk in the bank’s portfolio of securitized products. Prior to joining Barclays, Mr Axenov’s experience included trading cash and synthetic structured securities at RBS Greenwich Capital and portfolio management at Genworth Financial. Mr Axenov received his BS and MS degrees in Finance from Kogod School of Business at The American University in Washington, DC. Mr Axenov is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) and the Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA). Mr Axenov is an active contributor to industry publications and regularly comments on historical and current events.
Chapter 3
Professor Iain MacNeil joined the School of Law at the University of Glasgow in 2003 and was appointed to the Alexander Stone Chair of Commercial Law in 2005. Before beginning an academic career, Iain worked for eight years as an investment analyst in the City of London. He is the general editor of the Law and Financial Markets Review, a member of the editorial board of the Capital Markets Law Journal, and has publshed widely on financial regulation and corporate governance.
Dr Aurelien Portuese is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Westminster, London. A Member of the Paris Bar, he has previously taught at Sciences Po Paris, the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, and the University of Lille Nord de France. His main interests lie in the economic analysis of law, EU law, and international business law. He has presented papers at various international conferences and has published articles in internationally renowned academic journals.
Chapter 4
Matthew Fink, JD was employed by the Investment Company Institute, which is the national association of the U.S. investment companies, from 1971 to 2004, and served as the Institute’s President from 1991 to 2004. He is a director of the Oppenheimer Mutual Funds, a member of the FINRA Investment Companies Committee, and a director of the Retirement Income Industry Association. He has authored articles on mutual fund history and lectures at fund boards, law schools, and law firms His history of mutual funds, The Rise of Mutual Funds: An Insider’s View, was published by Oxford University Press in 2008. Mr Fink is an honors graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, and attended the London School of Economics.
Chapter 5
Brian M. Kaplowitz is a partner in the New York office of Sidley Austin. He provides legal advice on registration and compliance issues under the Investment Advisers Act and consults on Investment Company Act questions for global holding companies and various other types of enterprises. Mr. Kaplowitz has worked on a variety of transactions and offerings by mutual funds and closed-end investment companies, and represents independent trustees. He frequently assists financial service firms in structuring products available for purchase by money market funds in compliance with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. Prior to joining the firm in 1990, he was assistant director of the Division of Investment Management of the SEC in charge of Investment Company Act rulemaking. Mr. Kaplowitz has appeared on several panels and has served on the editorial board of The Investment Lawyer. Mr. Kaplowitz is recognized in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in Mutual Funds Law and has been recognized by Chambers USA in National Investment Funds: Registered Funds. Mr. Kaplowitz is a member of the Sidley Austin’s Committee on Legal Opinions and Audit Letters.
Chapter 6
Kenechukwu E. Anadu, CFA, is a Senior Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s (FRBB) Risk and Policy Analysis Unit. In his current role, Mr Anadu conducts industry analysis on the short-term US credit markets, including emerging risk and policy analysis on the US money market mutual industry. Prior to joining the FRBB, Mr Anadu served as an Investment Analyst at the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (MassPRIM), where he covered its fixed income. Mr Anadu received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Technology from Northeastern University, and a Master of Business Administration (finance concentration) from Babson College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society, CFA Institute, and Boston Economic Club.
Chapter 8
Henry Shilling is a Senior Vice President with Moody’s Corporation. For over 20 years, his responsibilities have included research, analysis, and ratings of money market and bond mutual funds. Mr. Shilling recently joined the Moody’s Social Performance Group to focus on socially responsible investing and to develop new products and opportunities in this sector. Mr. Shilling is the author of The International Guide to Securities Market Indices (International Publishing Corp, 1996). He earned a BA in economics from Lehman College, City University of New York in 1971.
Chapter 10
Dr Elias Bengtsson is a Principal Economist at the European Systemic Risk Board. He has over 13 years of experience in financial services, including a position as Advisor at the Swedish Central Bank and as Senior Economist at the European Fund and Asset Management Association. Elias is also an associated professor at Stockholm University, and has published widely on banking, regulation, and financial stability.