Italian Banking and Financial Law: Intermediaries and Markets, 2015
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions Series

In today's increasingly global and integrated financial climate, there is an amplified need for cooperation between regulators and supervisors across the globe in order to promote economic growth and maintain competitive markets. However, idiosyncrasies remain within local markets, and for those wishing to participate within them, it is necessary to understand the distinctive qualities of each. This book explores the intermediaries of the Italian financial system. It examines the banks, investment services, electronic payment institutions, insurance companies and credit rating agencies functioning in the country, to explore how Italian regulation functions within the context of a wider harmonizing trend. The authors present a study on the current control models of the Italian markets in the wake of changes induced by the privatization of public banks, the increased size and complexity of the intermediaries, the increased level of competition, and the internationalization of the financial innovation. They explain how the country's financial markets are controlled by a combination of bodies, including the State, the authorities and the market participants themselves.

1. Introduction: Domenico Siclari PART I: INTERMEDIARIES 2. Banks: Vincenzo Troiano 3. Financial Intermediaries In Investment Services Or Activities:Francesco Guarracino 4. Electronic Money Institutions And Payment Institutions: Francesco Ciraolo 5. Insurance Companies: Andrea Miglionico PART II: MARKETS 6. Regulation Of Markets In Financial Instruments In Italy And In The European Union: General Principles: Salvatore Providenti 7. Regulated Markets: Marco Sepe 8. Unregulated And Otc Markets: Fabrizio Plateroti

Domenico Siclari is Associate Professor of Economic and Financial Markets Law in the Department of Economics and Law at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy. He has previously worked as an Officer at the Bank of Italy in Rome and as Counsellor of the Italian Parliament-Chamber of Deputies, where he headed up the Finance Division in the Research Department. After his research work at the Max-Planck- Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economic Public Law at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', and in December 2013 received the National Academic Qualification as Full Professor. He is a member of the scientific committee for the PhD course in Public, Comparative and International Law at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Law and Economics Yearly Review.