Since 2010, the number listed on the main list has fallen by a fifth. 2022 was the year in which Piazza Affari recorded the highest number of farewells and the worst balance between income and expenses.
The instability generated by the war did not help, which "led about 20 issuers to renounce or postpone" the landing on the stock exchange. In order to curb this trend, in summer 2022 Consob adopted a series of regulatory initiatives aimed at simplifying prospectuses.