Quarterly Columns

Why do we need a Quarterly Column Series on Capital Markets?

The Quarterly Columns Series is a new project that Bocconi University – supported by Equita – has set up to further enhance the attention towards capital markets, and to actively propose solutions and tools to decision-makers to achieve the objective of the reform of the European and Italian financial infrastructure.

The Quarterly columns aim at targeting a broad audience, not necessarily confined to academics, scholars and students. It is clear that this objective requires a multidisciplinary approach. The rethinking of the role, functions and structure of capital markets in Europe stretches along multiple disciplines including finance, macroeconomics, corporate and tax law, governance and management.

It is equally clear that the objective of the Quarterly Columns cannot be limited to the analysis of Italian capital markets. Although past years’ research of the Bocconi-Equita collaboration has sometimes covered a broader perspective, not necessarily confined to the Italian context, the success of post pandemic recovery requires an even more focused approach on European Capital Markets as a whole, in line with the growing attention given to the creation of the Capital Market Union.