The evolution of the Italian regulatory system is based on five basic principles: (i) maintenance of trust in the financial system; (ii) investors protection; (iii) stability and wellfunctioning of the financial system; (iv) financial system competitiveness; (v) compliance of financial rules....

Volatility in Italian sovereign spreads has increased since mid-2011. This paper finds that news on the euro area debt crisis and country specific events were important drivers of sovereign spreads. Movements in sovereign spreads affect CDS spreads and bond yields of Italian banks, and are...

This Financial System Stability Assessment report provides a review of .Italian financial system. The announcement of outright monetary transactions (OMT) and steps toward a banking union have blunted the impact of the sovereign debt crisis on banks, and the expansion of European Central Bank...