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Liberalisation of energy derivatives trading in Italy

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Italy
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  • February 23 2007

On 17 February 2007 Law no. 132007 was published in the Official Gazette

CONSOB position paper on transparency in cash-settled derivatives

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Italy
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  • November 9 2009

Given the increasing dissemination of cash-settled derivatives and the potential for using these instruments to evade regulations on ownership transparency, supervisory authorities in several EU countries are currently reviewing their internal regulatory frameworks in order to strike a balance between the need to reduce the risk of evasion on the one hand and the need to avoid a disproportionately negative impact on the market on the other

Italian court orders disclosure of swap settlement

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • Italy
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  • October 14 2011

In late September, an Italian court ordered the disclosure of the terms of a settlement relating to an interest rate swap between the city of Cassino and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., notwithstanding a confidentiality provision in the settlement agreement between the parties

European regulators impose short sale bans

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • Belgium, France, Italy, Spain
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  • August 19 2011

On August 11, the financial regulators in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain introduced short selling restrictions on shares of certain named financial institutions and derivatives (e.g., futures) linked to those securities

France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and other jurisdictions impose short sale restrictions on financial companies

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • August 12 2011

The European Securities and Markets Authority, an organization established by the European Union as its securities regulatory authority, said in a public statement yesterday that some authorities in the EU have decided to impose or extend existing short-selling bans or restrictions in their respective countries due to recent volatility in the European financial markets

International regulatory update 3-7 October 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, Hong Kong, Italy, Qatar, United Kingdom
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  • October 10 2011

The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) has published an updated version of its frequently asked questions on CONSOB resolution No. 17902 on restrictive measures on net short positions, as extended by resolution No. 17951

International regulatory update 22-26 August 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • China, European Union, France, Global, Greece, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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  • August 30 2011

ESMA has published an updated table of measures taken by its Members in relation to short selling in financial markets

Proposed changes to the taxation of financial instruments in italy

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • September 7 2011

The Italian government has proposed changing the tax treatment of income arising on various financial instruments, including, inter alia, interest, dividends, income from UCITS, capital gains and derivative income

Derivatives under the new Italian takeover bids regulation

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Italy
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  • September 6 2011

On April 5, 2011, after two rounds of public consultation with market participants carried out in October 2010 and February 2011, CONSOB, the Italian Financial Regulator, approved Resolution no. 17731

International regulatory update

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, France, Germany, Global, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, United Kingdom
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  • August 6 2012

The EBA, EIOPA and ESMA have published a press release confirming that the deadline for the submission of the joint regulatory technical standards covering risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by central counterparties (CCPs) under the regulation on OTC derivatives and market infrastructures will be postponed