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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2009
This book contains an analysis of the English, German and Austrian law of securities. The term ‘securities’ is used in the context of this book to refer to shares, bonds and other financial instruments which are issued to the capital market with a view for them to circulate among market participants. The analysis presented in the book addresses the rules governing transfers of securities, including unauthorised transfers, equities arising out of defective issues and the holding of securities through intermediaries. The book does not contain an examination of the regulatory regime associated with securities and their issue. It does not, for example, provide an analysis of the disclosure requirements that apply to securities on their being first issued, or throughout the period during which they are listed on a public market.
The boundaries of this area of the law can be defined by reference to the two steps that are taken when securities are bought and sold. The first step is the conclusion of a contract for the sale of securities. Such contracts can be made on the stock exchange, through an electronic trading system, or directly between buyer and seller. The conclusion of a sales contract is referred to in the financial markets industry as ‘trading’. This book is not concerned with this first step.
The second step, and the focus of this book, is the performance of the contract for the sale of securities. This step is referred to in the financial markets industry as ‘settlement’.
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