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A Call for Input reveals that the FCA is planning for a post-EU future and examining ethics with regard to MAR.

By Rob Moulton

On 9 March 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a Call for Input on the way that wholesale market participants access and use data in the UK. A Call for Input is an opportunity for the FCA to raise whatever questions it likes without having to commit to a view, in order to enable it (at a later stage) to make policy proposals without surprising market participants. This paper largely covers matters already subject to review at the European level, and therefore indicates that the FCA is preparing to make its own policies after the end of the current transitional period.

Legislative Decree 107/2018 clarifies new reporting obligations, disclosure obligations, and sanctions, effective September 29.

By Antonio Coletti and Isabella Porchia

Italy has published in the Italian Official Gazette Legislative Decree no. 107 of August 10, 2018, amending the Italian legislative provisions (Legislative Decree no. 58/1998) to transpose the Market Abuse Regulation no. 596/2014 (MAR). The decree will enter into force September 29, 2018 — marking Italy’s completion of the implementation process of MAR. The process began in March 2017 with the amendments to the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) Issuers Regulation.

By Isabella Porchia

The Italian Securities Commission (CONSOB) has approved two handbooks, “Management of Inside Information” and “Investment Recommendations,” which offer guidelines under Market Abuse Regulation no. 596/2014 (MAR) and delegated acts. These publications have implications for a range of market participants, including companies with listed equity and debt securities on both Italian regulated markets and multilateral trading facilities, as well as financial analysts and financial institutions acting as dealer managers and underwriters. In particular, the long-awaited handbooks clarify issues that certain provisions of MAR had raised while offering guidance on MAR’s full implementation.

The handbook on management of inside information provides guidelines for creating and implementing internal procedures involving inside information. In addition, the handbook imparts recommendations for developing and maintaining the insider register, as well as for complying with MAR’s disclosure requirements.