[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:
[Newsflash n. 11]
On 21 September 2016 the Italian Ministry of Economic Development published the “Industry 4.0” national plan(*), which will be the basis of the upcoming Stability Law, with the objective to boost large-scale investments, innovation and productivity.
With this 13 billions Euro manoeuvre, the Government aims to activate innovative investments mainly by way of tax […]
[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]
[Newsflash n. 8]
On 6 June 2016, IVASS (the Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority) published Regulation n. 24 on investments and coverage of technical reserves (“Regulation 24/2016”), which replaces the previous IVASS Regulation n. 36/2011 and implements in Italy the EIOPA Guidelines on System of Governance.
The new regulation removes the quantitative investment limits of Regulation 36/2011 and […]
[Newsflash n. 7]
On 9 May 2016, CONSOB launched three public consultations concerning the retail distribution of financial products under different perspectives: (a) conduct of business under MiFID, (b) mitigation of liquidity risk, (c) disclosure under PD. These initiatives have been highlighted also by CONSOB chairman as a further attempt to strengthen investors protection, also in light of […]
[Newsflash n. 6]
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Q&A on prospectus related issues.
The updates concern: (i) the possibility for a base prospectus (BP) to include an additional column to reflect recent or future material changes to the capitalisation and indebtedness statements, (ii) the possibility to continue a public offering beyond the […]
[Newsflash n. 5]
Taking on board the warning from ESMA about the exceptional technical implementation challenges faced by regulators and market participants, the European Commission issued a proposal for a directive to grant national competent authorities and market participants one additional year to comply with the rules set out in MiFID II.
The proposed new deadline is […]
[Newsflash n. 5]
Borsa Italiana amended the Instructions accompanying the Rules of the Market regarding the modality of the delisting of warrants.
In order to ensure the possibility to exercise financial instruments deriving from the settlement of instruments traded on the last trading day, it is foreseen that warrants shall be delisted on the second open TARGET […]
[Newsflash n. 4]
In view of a more efficient investor protection, on 8 January 2016, CONSOB launched the public consultation concerning the “Regulation on the alternative dispute resolution mechanism for financial disputes” (“ADR Regulation”).
The new mechanism envisages the creation of an entity (hereinafter “ADR Body”) along the line of the system already tested by Bank of […]