The course deals with the fundamental principles of European regulation of capital markets, focusing on the main chapters of securities markets, issuers and financial intermediaries.
The course covers the institutional aspects (EU legislative framework and processes, EU and national supervisory authorities), the public law regulation strategies (e.g., access to markets, disclosure, sanctions) and the private law elements of regulation (e.g., rules of conduct, corporate governance, private enforcement), with the aim to provide students with a background on the following main topics: (i) functioning of the EU market infrastructures; (ii) law and economics of information theory and market abuses; (iii) access of issuers to capital markets; (iv) regulation of investment services; (v) regulation of investment funds; (vi) financial regulation on crypto-assets; (vii) sustainability issues in capital markets regulation.