Dutch financial laws and regulation in force on or about 1 July 2015

Seminar - Stibbe is organising an international webinar on cloud computing in the financial sector - What financial institutions need to know when considering a move to the Cloud. The webinar takes place on 30 June 2020 at 4:00 pm.​​

Articles - As of 10 March 2021, many financial market participants and financial advisers will be subject to new disclosure obligations following the entry into force of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) on 29 December 2019. The SFDR sets rules on transparency with a view to promoting both the integration of sustainability risks into investment processes and disclosures to investors.

Short Reads - Financial institutions may outsource critical or important functions to cloud service providers (“CSPs”). On 25 February 2019 the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) provided guidelines (the “EBA Guidelines”) laying out the framework for outsourcing arrangements. The EBA Guidelines require institutions to have a comprehensive, documented and sufficiently tested exit strategy (including a mandatory exit plan) when they outsource critical or important functions.

Short Reads - Op 22 juni 2020 is de Europese taxonomieverordening (Verordening (EU) 2020/282) gepubliceerd. De verordening wordt gezien als een mijlpaal voor de verduurzaming van de financiële sector. De Europese Commissie ziet het herstel en de wederopbouw van de economie na de coronacrisis als een kans voor een fundamentele verandering naar een duurzame economie.