News of the week:
Save the date: 2 October 2025, the seminar "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" will take place at the Consob Auditorium in Rome
The Italian, French and Austrian markets authorities call for a stronger European framework for crypto-asset markets
Investor protection communication
Advertising Material: the new advertising message transmission system is up and running from 1 September 2025
Financial Education Month is back. From 1 September to 17 October, you can submit applications for financial, insurance, and social security education initiatives

News of the week:
Save the date: 2 October 2025, the seminar "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" will take place at the Consob Auditorium in Rome
Tokenization of traditional assets – speech by Commissioner Carlo Comporti at the conference “Capital Markets in the Digital Age”
Advertising Material: the new advertising message transmission system is up and running from 1 September 2025
Financial Education Month is back. From 1 September to 17 October, you can submit applications for financial, insurance, and social security education initiatives
Notice: Consob adheres to ESMA’s Guidelines on supervisory practices for competent authorities to prevent and detect market abuse under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA)

News of the week:
Save the date: 2 October 2025, the seminar "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" will take place at the Consob Auditorium in Rome
Advertising Material: the new advertising message transmission system will be up and running from 1 September 2025
Financial Education Month is back. Applications for financial, insurance, and pension education initiatives open 1 September
Michele Baccinelli is the new head of Consob's Press Office
Artificial intelligence and financial market supervision - The algorithm is fine, but as a "digital assistant" serving human assessment - Opportunities, limits and risks in a new FinTech Consob Notebook

News of the week:
Save the date: 2 October 2025, the seminar "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" will take place at the Consob Auditorium in Rome
Sustainable finance: Artificial Intelligence to combat greenwashing. Consob and the University of Trento develop a prototype to detect misleading messages about "green bonds". The project is outlined in the latest Fintech Research Paper
Investor protection communications
Watch for scams! Financial fraud: Consob blacks out 8 unauthorised websites
Consob publishes its 2025 regulatory activities plan
Definition of the disclosure obligations of crowdfunding service providers to Consob
Financial Education Month is back. Applications for financial, insurance, and pension education initiatives open 1 September

News of the week:
Save the date: 2 October 2025, the seminar "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" will take place at the Consob Auditorium in Rome
The Milan Stock Exchange saw a 13.6% rise in capitalisation in the first half of 2025. Stock trading volumes increased by 30.3%, and Italian government bond trading soared by 56.7%. The trend of companies delisting continues, with more companies now traded on the EGM than listed on the main market
Memorandums of Understanding for the Supervision of Post-Trading Infrastructures
Consultation launched on the tax treatment of entities operating in crypto-asset markets

News of the week:
Save the date: 2 October 2025, the seminar "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" will take place at the Consob Auditorium in Rome
Bond issues: from 19 July shorter timeframe for Consob's green light for publication of prospectuses - Authorisation power passes from the Commission to the Head of the Issuers' Division - It will be easier for companies to seize the favourable moment for placing securities
New Consob Report on the non-financial reporting of Italian listed companies published - More stakeholder engagement in the analysis of company-relevant ESG issues - Increasing integration of sustainability issues in governance - Climate change impacts in financial reporting
Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 abusive websites
Alternative Financial Dispute Resolution Scheme (ACF): start of the appointment procedure for two full members and four alternate members
ESMA draws attention to activities not regulated under MiCAR

News of the week:
The European consultation on the migration of transactions in securities to T+1 underway until 31 August
Save the date: 2 October 2025, seminar on "Financial market contracts: cases, rules and safeguards" (Consob Auditorium in Rome)
The Statistical Bulletin on Italian listed companies for 2024 published by Consob
Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 7 abusive websites

News of the week:
Consob issues a warning on convertible bonds (POCs): high risk of loss of capital, depreciation of securities and dilution
Consob and the Bank of Italy issue a warning on the extension of the national transition period for adaptation to Micar and the publication of the EBA's opinion on the interconnection between Micar and Psd2
Focus on the customer: this is the priority objective of producers and distributors of financial instruments - In its latest Research Paper, Consob confirms the cornerstones of the European regulations on investor protection
Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 3 abusive websites
Consob transposes the Guidelines issued by the ESMA relating to the enforcement of sustainability reporting standards ("Glesi")

News of the week:
Save the date: 3 July 2025 - Corporate governance in Italy. Analysis of the tools for enhancing voting rights
Consob launches a consultation with the financial market to simplify the process of listing investment funds in Italy
Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 6 abusive websites

News of the week:
Consob’s annual meeting with the financial market
Save the date: 3 July 2025 - Corporate governance in Italy. Analysis of the tools for enhancing voting rights
Signs of renewed interest in Italian listed companies from institutional investors - Consob's latest report on corporate governance has been published - For the first time an Addendum provides a snapshot of the interaction between companies and stakeholders
Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 7 abusive websites
World Investor Week 2025: Themes for the 9th Edition Announced
Fidia Spa: Consob authorises the prospectus for admission to listing of new shares