Ateneo - UPO

Financial market law.
Investors, issuers and financial intermediaries.
Collective investment management and schemes.
The main directives related to financial market regulation.

The study materials will be indicated during the lessons and made available on the Moodle page of the course.

The Class aim is providing students with instruments to understand EU company law, and financial markets law, with a specific focus on the rules about intermediaries, markets and issuers

Students must be registered to the examination and must have passed exams as provided in Department rules.

The course includes a series of lectures, each dedicated to one or more institutions and declined in its illustration, followed - where appropriate - by the presentation of case law of particular importance

Written examination.

The course provides an in-depth analysis of the principles, objectives, and instruments of financial regulation, combining legal and economic perspectives. It begins with an overview of the role and functioning of the financial system, then examines the goals and strategies of regulation, its structural limits, and the main theoretical approaches explaining its rationale.

Particular focus is placed on the organization of financial markets, the role of information intermediaries, and the rules governing issuer disclosure, market transparency, and trading integrity.

The final part explores the regulation of the banking system, covering prudential supervision, capital and liquidity requirements, and mechanisms for crisis management and bank resolution. The overall aim is to provide students with a critical understanding of the logic and objectives of financial regulation and its role in ensuring market stability and efficiency.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: the students should gain knowledge and understanding on the current rules of company law We hope thand financial markets law
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: the students should be able to properly apply the institutions of financial markets law to cases and works hypothesis
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT: the students should gain critical skills in evaluating the answers/solutions provided to the main financial markets law issues