News

• 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)
• World Investor Week 2025: Themes for the 9th Edition Announced (IOSCO press release of 16 June 2025)
• Meeting of the Committee for Macroprudential Policies (Press release of the Committee for Macroprudential Policies of 13 June 2025)
• From Consob wake-up call on crypto currency investment proposals linked to fake online job offers - Four abusive websites blacked out (Press release of 13 June 2025)
• Amendments to the Issuers’ Regulation concerning the approval of prospectuses for non-equity securities (12 June 2025)
• Sanctioning proceedings: green light from Consob to regulatory changes - Detailed rules for the alternative instrument of “commitments” defined - An innovation aimed at improving the attractiveness of the Italian financial market (Press release of 10 June 2025)
• Consob issues investor alert on finfluencers - Investors urged not to follow the "herd effect" - Clear rules on transparency and conflicts of interest must be respected (Press Release of 6 June 2025)