Brussels, 09/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched a public consultation (until Wednesday 8 April), on implementation of the 1997/9/EC directive harmonising national compensation schemes for retail financial product investors. These systems protect investors against the risk of losses when an investment company is unable to repay funds they hold in on behalf of investors, due to problems linked to corporate fraud, errors or internal auditing system problems. European...