Borsa Italiana

Borsa italiana
Type Stock exchange
Location Milan, Italy
Founded 1808 (1808)
Owner London Stock Exchange Group
Key people Andrea Sironi (Chairman)
Raffaele Jerusalmi (CEO)
Currency EUR
No. of listings 353
Market cap US$645 billion
Volume US$738 billion
Indices FTSE MIB
FTSE Italia All-Share
FTSE Italia Mid Cap
FTSE Italia Small Cap
FTSE AIM Italia
Website Official website

Borsa Italiana S.p.A., based in Milan, is Italy's only stock exchange. It manages and organises domestic market, regulating procedures for admission and listing of companies and intermediaries and supervising disclosures for listed companies.[1]

Following exchange privatisation in 1997, the Company was established and became effective since January 2, 1998.[2] It is now a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group plc since June 23, 2007.[3]

In 2015, overall capitalisation for listed company on Borsa Italiana was worth €465Bln, representing % of Italian GDP.[4]

Borsa Italiana is also informally known as Piazza Affari ("Business Square"), after the city square of Milan where its headquarters (the Palazzo Mezzanotte building) is located.

Borsa Italiana is chaired by Andrea Sironi while Raffaele Jerusalmi serves as CEO. The two, moreover, members of the Board of Directors of London Stock Exchange Group.[5]

History

The Borsa di commercio di Milano (Milan Stock Exchange) was established by Eugène de Beauharnais, viceroy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, through decrees dated 16 January and 6 February 1808.[6] It operated under public ownership until 1998, when it was privatized.[7]

On 1 October 2007, Borsa Italiana was merged with the London Stock Exchange in an all-share takeover,[8] thus becoming part of the London Stock Exchange Group. In March 2016, the London Stock Exchange Group announced it had agree to merge in an all-stock deal with Deutsche Borse.[9]

Operations

Borsa Italiana acts as a market management firm operating with autonomy and flexibility. It organises and manages the domestic stock market along with Italian and international brokers through fully electronic trading system. Among its leading tasks, Borsa Italiana supervises listed companies, defining rules for admission and listings and supervising transaction activities.[10]

Trading hours

The exchange has pre-market sessions from 08:00am to 09:00am, normal trading sessions from 09:00am to 05:30pm and post-market sessions from 06:00pm to 08:30pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.[11]

Markets

Major trading markets for Borsa Italiana are:

Borsa Italiana also include markets for derivatives (IDEM),[15] ETF (ETFPlus) and bonds (MOT).[16]

Indices

Borsa Italiana's main indices are:[17]

Listed companies

For a full list see Category:Companies listed on the Borsa Italiana.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ italy24.ilsole4ore.com, "Borsa Italiana"
  2. ↑ source sense.com, "Borsa Italiana"
  3. ↑ news.bbc.co.uk, "London Stock Exchange Buys Borsa"
  4. ↑ borsaitaliana.it, "2015 Highlights"
  5. ↑ lseg.com, "Board"
  6. ↑ www.historytour.it, "History Tour – Borsa Italiana"
  7. ↑ "Historical Stages". Borsa Italiana.
  8. ↑ "Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange Combine (archived 20.11.2007)". Archived from the original on November 20, 2007.
  9. ↑ competitionpolicyinternational.com, "EU: LSE and Deutsche Börse officially announce merger"
  10. ↑ borsaitaliana.it, "EU: LSE and Deutsche Börse officially announce merger"
  11. ↑ Market Hours, Italian Stock Exchange via Wikinvest
  12. ↑ lseg.com, "MTA "
  13. ↑ lseg.com, "AIM Italia"
  14. ↑ lseg.com, "MIV: Trading "
  15. ↑ lseg.com, 'IDEM Equity "
  16. ↑ lseg.com, "MOT "
  17. ↑ borsaitaliana.it, "Gli indici"
  18. ↑ strategystocks.co.uk, "Milan Stock Exchange: The Italian Index "
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