On 11 July 2018, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published the first set of Questions & Answers on the application of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) and its implementing regulations.
These Q&As provide practical guidance on IDD in particular they address the requirements for the Product Oversight and Governance arrangements (see Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358) […]
[Newsletter n. 11]
On 22 June 2018 EBA launched a public consultation on its Guidelines on outsourcing that will repeal CEBS guidelines issued in 2006 (which only applied to credit institutions), in order to establish a more harmonized framework for the outsourcing arrangements of financial institutions. Indeed, requirements regarding outsourcing of banking activities by institution are not […]
[Newsflash n. 49]
On 28 June 2018 CONSOB and the financial advisors’ supervisor (“OCF”) signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) in accordance to which certain functions have been transferred from the Italian Financial Authority (CONSOB) to the OCF.
Further to the approval of the OCF By-laws and Rules by the Minister of Finance on […]
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has formally adopted final product intervention measures on the provision of contracts for differences (CFDs) and binary options to retail investors (see our Newsflash n. 45). The measures have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) on 1 June 2018. They will start […]
[Newsflash n. 45]
On 27 March 2018, ESMA announced its resolution to impose temporary measures to restrict contracts for differences and prohibit binary options.
After the entry into force of MiFID II on 3 January 2018, this is the first product intervention activity undertaken by ESMA pursuant to its power of intervention set out by Article […]
[Newsflash n. 44]
On 8 March 2018, the EU Commission published a Communication on FinTech setting out 23 steps for a more competitive and innovative European financial sector (“FinTech Action Plan”).
In light of the rapid growth of FinTech and its crucial position at the crossroads of the financial services and the Digital Single Market, the […]
[Newsflash n. 43]
There are currently more than 1100 crypto currencies trading in the financial market. Many governments feel crypto currency use would result in the loss of economic power and shift towards decentralisation of economies globally. As a result, particularly the US and the EU are beginning to debate and implement regulation […]
[Newsflash n. 42]
ACEPI (the Italian association of Certificates and Investment Products) published a set of guidelines to facilitate the identification of the potential Target Market for certificates and investment products (the “Guide”) in accordance with the European MiFID Template (as described below).
The Target Market assessment is one of the pillar of the product governance […]
20 February 2018 – The new CONSOB Regulation on Intermediaries (n. 20307 of 15 February 2018) comes into force today, following its publication in the Italian Official Gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale). The Regulation concludes the implementation of MiFID II and MiFIR in Italy and is the result of a series of public consultations held by […]
CONSOB, 30 January 2018 – In light of some issues in the initial application of the new European regulation on PRIIPs and considering the opportunity to further discuss such issues also at European level, the deadline for filing with CONSOB the KIDs for products made available to retail clients before 1 January 2018 and […]