After a short introduction there will be a presentation of the European Constitutional Economic Law, the sources of the Financial Markets Law, the control and supervision on Financial Markets, and the regulation and financial supervision at European level (about 2 lessons). Then, there will be a detailed explanation of the Consob’s supervisory functions on the information and governance of listed companies. The discipline of the ownership structure and the shares of listed companies, the government and the organization of the same among laws, regulations and self-regulatory codes, with particular attention to the implementation of the principles of European derivation, will be dealt with in detail (about 4 lessons). Some lessons will be dedicated to the specificities of the assembly of listed companies, with a focus on the rights of the shareholders. The board of directors and the internal audit will also be analyzed, with particular attention to special regulations (about 4 lessons). The last part of the course will be dedicated to the capital in listed companies and to the takeover bid’s regulation, as well as to banking, insurance and financial companies; investment services and activities, investment contracts, collective investments and mutual funds will also be studied and, in particular, the supervision of public authorities (about 3 lessons).
During the lessons students' interventions will be solicited, also with reference to the concrete events that involve the discipline and the principles under study. For this reason, presentations in group will be organized by the students who, after having framed specific events related to the topics of the course, also using specialized journalistic sources, will expose the applicable regulations, identifying the most relevant issues and interests in play (about