ESMA agrees to prohibit binary options and restrict CFDs to protect retail investors (ESMA press release of 27 March 2018))

Published: 27 March 2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed on measures on the provision of contracts for differences (CFDs) and binary options to retail investors in the European Union (EU)...

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CONSOB: President Mario Nava takes office

Published: 16 April 2018

Mario Nava, the new President of CONSOB, took office today to lead the Commission. ...

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Preventing and combatting money laundering and funding of terrorism: consultation document on statutory auditing published

Published: 16 April 2018

Today, April 16, CONSOB has launched a consultation with the market for the purposes of the adoption of the new regulation containing provisions implementing Italian Legislative Decree n.231 of November 21, 2007 concerning the organisation, procedures and internal controls of statutory auditors and auditing firms with audit engagements on public-interest entities or on entities subject to an intermediate regime, for preventing and combatting the use of the economic and financial system for the purposes of money laundering and funding terrorism. ...

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