Review and Potential Revision of Wet financieel toezicht (Wft)

Articles - Waar hopelijk velen op dit moment hun eerste week zonder sigaretten achter zich hebben liggen, leek het China National Tabacco juist een goed moment om naar de beurst te gaan.

Short Reads - Green finance and sustainable finance are trending topics. After green bonds becoming an increasingly common financing instrument, there is a growing demand by borrowers for green loans. For lenders on the other hand, also in view of various recent initiatives of the European Union in respect of sustainability, participation in (syndicated) green loans is expected to become more important within the investment criteria of a financial institution.

Articles - The Council of State has taken a second look at the draft law and recently issued, for the second time, a rather bleak opinion about the overall quality of the draft law regarding Belgium’s new Companies Code.

Articles - On Monday 4 June 2018, the draft law for the new Belgian Companies Code was submitted to Parliament. The proposal seeks to fundamentally modernize Belgian company law. Considering the broad and sweeping nature of the changes, the new code will affect every Belgian company and any foreign company with business in Belgium in various ways.