The MiFID II Framework

Mario Comana is Full Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at the Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy. He has served as an Independent Director and Chairman of Board of Directors for various financial institutions and as a financial and strategic consultant. He is Chairman of OCM, the Italian Authority for the mutual credit guarantee institutions, having been appointed by the Italian Treasury Minister. He has published many books and scientific papers. Daniele Previtali is assistant professor in Banking and Financial Markets at the Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy. He holds a PhD in Banking and Finance from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He has been a visiting PhD scholar at the Finance Department of the Stern School of Business. . Luca Bellardini is a PhD student at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and holds a Master's degree in Economics and Finance from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. His research interests are mainly rooted in banking and focus especially on asset quality, corporate governance, and prudential regulation of credit institutions. In 2014, he published a Financial Mathematics textbook.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Why the Package? Financial markets before and after the Crisis.- Chapter 3: Relevant changes from MiFID I.- Chapter 4: How exchanges work: Trading venues, algorithmic and high frequency transactions.- Chapter 5: Market infrastructure and transparency obligations.- Chapter 6: Investor protection.- Chapter 7: Transposing the Package: A cross-country view.- Chapter 8: Regulation meets business: The effects on the investment industry.- Chapter 9: Conclusions.