News

• Adoption of the European Insurance Distribution Directive: Consob amends the Intermediaries Regulation - Results of the public consultation (August 4, 2020)
• Amendments to the joint Consob/Bank of Italy Provision on post-trading implementing Directive (EU) 2017/828 (Shareholder Rights Directive II) - Consultation paper of August 3, 2020
• Financial illegal services: Consob blacks out 7 websites (Press Release of 31 July 2020)
• Financial reporting drawn up by issuers of financial instruments widely distributed among the public, pursuant to Article no. 116 of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF), and by issuers of financial instruments exchanged on multilateral trading systems adopting the rules of the civil code and the national accounting principles - Impacts of COVID-19 and use of the exemptions provided for business continuity (Consob warning notice no. 9/20 of July 30, 2020)
• Amendments to the Issuers Regulation on the access procedure to Key Investor Information Documents (kid) of the PRIIPs: document for consultation of July 30, 2020
• Extension for a further two trading days of the acceptance period of the voluntary totalitarian public exchange offer promoted by Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. with reference to ordinary shares issued by Unione di Banche Italiane S.p.A (Press release of 27 July 2020)
• Financial illegal services: Consob blacks out 4 websites (Press release of 24 July 2020)
• Expiration of the transition period of the UK withdrawal agreement - Instructions to British investment firms providing investment services and activities in Italy (Consob Communication no. 8/2020 of July 23, 2020)
• Changes to the Intermediaries Regulation: Consob starts a consultation with the market on the knowledge and competence requirements of the intermediaries' staff (July 23, 2020)
• Consob updated the list of small and medium enterprises, "SMEs" (July 17, 2020)
• Consob warning notice on financial reporting no. 8/20 of July 16, 2020
• Informal Hearing of the Commissioner Carmine Di Noia at the XIV Standing Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Policies of the European Union, on the subject: Capital Markets Union and European System of Financial Regulation and Supervision (July 16, 2020)
• Financial illegal services: Consob blacks out 5 websites (Press release of 16 July 2020)
• Consob Statistical Bulletin n. 16 – June 2020 (13 July, 2020)
• Three months extension of the strengthened transparency obligations (Press release of 10 July 2020)
• Consob approves the Communication on the prospectus control criteria (Press Release of July 10, 2020)
• Financial illegal services: Consob blacks out 5 websites (Press release of 10 July 2020)
• Results of the survey "COVID-19 emergency: Italians between fragility and financial resilience", commissioned by the Research and Planning Committee for financial education (Edufin Committee) to the research and market analysis company Doxa (8 July 2020)
• Financial illegal services: Consob blacks out 8 websites (Press release of 3 July 2020)
• Report on non-financial reporting of Italian listed companies (30 June 2020)
• Approval of the document concerning the totalitarian voluntary public exchange offer promoted by Intesa Sanpaolo s.p.a., pursuant to art. no. 102 and art. no. 106, paragraph 4, of legislative decree no. 58/1998 and subsequent amendments, on ordinary shares issued by Unione di Banche Italiane s.p.a. (resolution no. 21422 of 25 June 2020)
• Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 websites (Press release of 12 June 2020)
• Financial illegal services: Consob blacks out 16 websites (Press release of 19 June 2020)
• 16 June 2020 at 11 a.m. Consob's Annual Meeting with the financial market
• Covid-19: Related party regulation, Consob simplifies the use of the exemption in the case of urgent capital strengthening operations The provision will be in force until 30 June 2021 (Press Release 12 June 2020)