[Newsflash n. 18]
On 14 November 2016 the European Central Bank (“ECB”) launched a public consultation concerning the criteria and procedures for determining suitability of bank board members.
In the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (“SSM”), the ECB Banking Supervision has submitted to public consultation a
[Newsflash n. 17]
On 28 October 2016 CONSOB issued Recommendation n. 0096857 (the “Recommendation”) on the drafting and inclusion of a paragraph “Warning for the Investor” (the “Warning”) in Italian prospectuses for public offering and/or admission to trading of financial instruments.
This Recommendation replaces the relevant provisions contained in the existing CONSOB Communication n. 0010807 of […]
[Newsflash n. 16]
On 24 October 2016 CONSOB published a Consultation Paper on the proposals for certain amendments to CONSOB regulations on issuers (n. 11971/1999) and markets (n. 16191/2007), needed in order to implement the Market Abuse Regulation (EU Regulation No. 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, “MAR”) which came into force on 3 July 2016 – replacing the previous market abuse regime (MAD I).
The changes […]
[Newsflash n. 15]
On 18 October 2016 CONSOB issued a Recommendation on the distribution of financial instruments (the “Recommendation”), after a public consultation launched on 9 May 2016 (see our Newsflash n. 7) as part of the three proposed actions aimed at strengthening investor protection.
The Regulator raises attention on potential flaws in the way […]
[Newsflash n. 14]
On the 22nd of September 2016, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched a consultation on its draft guidelines on the criteria competent authorities should consider when stipulating the minimum monetary amount of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) or comparable guarantee for payment initiation and account information service providers under the revised Payment Service […]
[Newsflash n. 13]
On 28 September 2016 the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final Guidelines on the application of the definition of default across the EU.
The definition of default, introduced by the Capital Requirements Directive 2006/48/EC (CRD), later replaced by Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), has not been implemented across institutions and jurisdictions according to a […]
[Newsflash n. 12]
Bank of Italy published the courtesy translation of the 129 TUB implementing provisions (“Provisions on the reporting of issues and offerings of financial instruments“).
The translation can be found here.
The following documents are also available in English:
On 2 September 2016, the Italian Revenue Agency issued Resolution n. 72/E on the tax treatment of transactions involving the use of bitcoins and other virtual currencies.
According to the resolution, intermediation activities involving exchange of real against virtual currencies carried out by market operators are not subject to VAT, being transactions […]
[Newsflash n. 10]
On 10 August 2016 Bank of Italy issued certain amendments to the article 129 implementing provisions (the “Rules”) which were adopted on 25 August 2015 and will enter into force on 1 October 2016.
The 129 Rules regulate the reporting requirements on distributors and issuers of financial instruments in Italy, as set out by the said article […]
[Newsflash n. 9]