News

• EU regulation on crypto currency markets: initial guidance to operators from Consob - Prepare in time for MiCAR changes applicable from this year - Ensure transparency to clients on MiCAR compliance plans and measures (Press Release of 13 September 2024)
• Consob's internal reorganization kicks off in October - Goals include greater efficiency and more space for Artificial Intelligence - Nadia Linciano appointed as new Secretary General (Press Release of 9 September 2024)
• Financial Education Month 2024 - You can apply from 2 September to 18 October (2 September 2024)
• Esma: publication of the Italian translation of the guidelines on the names of funds that use ESG terms (26 August 2024)
• Now released the Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) to provide assistance to market participants in applying the current regulatory framework, following the entry into force of the Consob Resolution no. 22833/2023 (9 August 2024)
• Contribution regime for the fiscal year 2024 - Redefinition of the supervisory fee payable by securitization entities and crowdfunding service providers: 2 August 2024 deadline of the  consultation document (31 July 2024)
• Social media ranked third after web and TV among the top sources of information for guidance on how to deploy one's money. Rapid growth in the spread of cryptocurrencies. The data in Consob's latest Report on financial investments of Italian households (Press Release of 30 July 2024)
• Sustainable finance: Consob's Call for Attention to Intermediaries. On Esg issues clear, concise, and understandable information even for less sophisticated clients (Press Release of 29 July 2024)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 abusive websites (Press Release of 26 July 2024)
• Launched the consultation with the market on the amendments to the Consob Issuers' Regulation aimed at implementing the provisions of article 95 of the Consolidated Law on Finance concerning the approval of prospectuses relating to non-equity securities (26 July 2024)
• Hearing at the 6th Commission (Finance and Treasury) of the Senate, of the Head of the Regulatory Office Dr. Mauro Bellofiore - Examination of Government Act No. 172 concerning the "Adaptation of national legislation to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on crypto-assets markets" (24 July 2024)
• Boards' attention to sustainability issues grows - Gender imbalance at the top of listed companies lessens - Shareholder participation in shareholders' meetings on the rise - Consob's latest Corporate Governance Report published (Press release of 24 July 2024)
• Piazza Affari, +4% capitalization in the first half of 2024 - Strong growth (+19.9%) in share trading and trading of Italian government bonds (+58%) - Continued trend of exiting the Stock Market - The data in the latest Consob half-yearly Statistical Bulletin (Press Release of 22 July 2024)
• Notice: Monday 22 July from 9 a.m. to 12 noon may see temporary interruptions of some website services for extraordinary maintenance work (19 July 2024)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 abusive websites (Press release of 19 July 2024)
• New standards issued by the IASB IFRS 18 and 19. Speech by Commissioner Carlo Comporti at the event organized by Organismo Italiano di Contabilità (Luiss Business School, Rome 18 July 2024)
• Easier securitisation for Italian banks - Consob paves the way to overcome regulatory obstacles - More resources available to the real economy (Press release of 18 July 2024)
• Double-digit growth in 2023 for profits of banks (+67%) and insurance companies (+66) listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. Down are the results of other listed companies (-19.5%) and companies traded on Egm (-27%): data in the latest Consob Statistical Bulletin (Press Release of 17 July 2024)
• Speech by Consob Commissioner Federico Cornelli at the Chamber of Deputies, Sala del Refettorio of Palazzo San Macuto, on the occasion of the conference on: "The impact of the Ai Act on the financial world" (16 July 2024)
• SME - Capital Market Observatory launched - Two PhD scholarships launched - A new collaboration between Consob and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Cetif (Consob and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore join press release of 15 July 2024)
• Crowdinvesting: tax incentives, ease of disinvestment and more information: these are the needs of Italian operators for the growth of the sector - Consob publishes a working paper (15 July 2024)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 abusive websites (Press Release of 11 July 2024)
• Capital strengthening transactions reserved for a single investor: non-standard POCs, SEDAs, SEFs and other transactions with similar characteristics - Launched consultation with the market on changes to the 3 May 2023 communication (11 July 2024)
• Seventh Edition of Financial Education Month (Edufin Committee Press Release of 10 July 2024)
• Beware of online trading "video games" Consob points out in a Warning about the risks associated with skill tests (Press Release of 8 July 2024)