[Newsflash n. 47]
Il giorno 16 maggio 2018, il Consiglio dei Ministri ha approvato in via preliminare lo schema di decreto legislativo per l’adeguamento della normativa nazionale alle disposizioni MAR (Regolamento UE n. 596/2014). Le disposizioni MAR sono direttamente applicabili in Italia, salvo alcune previsioni, prevalentemente di carattere sanzionatorio, in relazione alle quali il Regolamento stabilisce […]
[Newsflash n. 46]
On 18 April 2018, IVASS published a Letter to the market extending to EU insurance undertakings conducting business in Italy the application of the Guidelines for the simplification of insurance contracts.
Based on the findings that the majority of customers’ claims were due to the dissatisfaction from ambiguity and lack of clearness of contractual […]
[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 […]
[Newsflash n. 41]
On 31 January 2017, the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (“MEF”) launched a public consultation on a draft Ministerial Decree introducing notification requirements for providers of virtual currency-related services (“Decree”).
The Decree will be the first step towards the implementation of the EU Directive 2015/849 (on the prevention of the use of […]
[Newsflash n. 40]
On 29 December 2017, Consob adopted the new Markets Regulation implementing the regulatory changes introduced by MiFID II and MiFIR.
The new Regulation replaces the current version and:
[Newsflash n. 39]
On 22 December 2017, CONSOB published ad-hoc guidelines establishing the methods of reporting KIDs for PRIIPS marketed in Italy.
According to Article 5(2) of EU Regulation 1286/2014 “any Member State may require the ex-ante notification of the key information document by the PRIIP manufacturer or the person selling a PRIIP to the competent authority […]
[Newsflash n. 38]
On 10 November 2017, Esma published an update to its Q&A on MiFID II and MiFIR investor protection and intermediaries topics.
The update concerns, inter alia, the following clarifications on inducements.
Section 12
1. Does Article 24(9) of MiFID II also apply to payments made by investment firms to a third party in relation to […]