News

• New action by Consob against websites that improperly exploited the image and references to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti to illegally offer and advertise investment services and activities - A total of 14 websites blacked-out (Press release of 6 November 2025)
• Managed portfolios and deposits at their highest levels in mid-2025 - The latest Consob Bulletin provides a snapshot of the volume of financial instruments in the portfolios and deposits of supervised intermediaries (Press release of 5 November 2025)
• List of Board Members, Consob gives green light to regulatory changes (Press release of 4 November 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blocks five websites offering illegal financial services (Press release of 30 October 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 17 abusive websites (Press release of 23 October 2025)
• "Cloned" politicians and illegal services on crypto-assets and financial instruments - Meloni, Salvini, Schlein, and Calenda: Consob blocks three websites promoting scam ads - Further 14 irregular web addresses also blocked (Press Release of 16 October 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 13 abusive websites (Press release of 10 October 2025)
• Consob simplifies the process of listing investment funds in Italy (Press release of 7 October 2025)
• Crypto-assets: few safeguards and high risks. The three European financial supervisory authorities issue a warning to protect consumers. An information campaign is launched to promote informed investment choices (Press release of 6 October 2025)
• Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 websites and requests the removal of 2 mobile applications used to provide illegal financial services (Press release of 2 October 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 9 abusive websites (Press Release of 25 September 2025)
• Beware of scams! Watch out for fake websites using the ACF logo! In recent days, portals that replicated the contents of the Financial Disputes Arbitrator (Press release of 19 September 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 10 abusive websites (Press Release of 17 September 2025)
• Memorandum of understanding between Consob and Agcm for collaboration in areas of mutual interest (Joint press release of 16 September 2025)
• The Italian, French and Austrian markets authorities call for a stronger European framework for crypto-asset markets (Joint press release CONSOB, AMF, FMA of 15 September 2025)
• Tokenization of traditional assets – speech by Commissioner Carlo Comporti at the conference "Capital Markets in the Digital Age" (2 September 2025)
• Marketing Communications: new system (DePub) active from 1 September 2025 (Advice of 1 September 2025)
• 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 (Press Release of 4 August 2025)
• Bond issues: Starting tomorrow, 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 (Press release of 18 July 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 5 abusive websites (Press Release of 17 July 2025)
• ESMA draws attention to activities not regulated under MiCAR (15 July 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 7 abusive websites
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 3 abusive websites (Press Release of 4 July 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 6 abusive websites (Press release of 26 June 2025)
• Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Consob blacks out 7 abusive websites (Press Release of 20 June 2025)