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On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers.

Changes to Dutch financial regulations entered into force on or around 1 July, including notable amendments for holders of a qualifying holding in certain Dutch regulated financial institutions. We have listed the main changes in this publication.

In this blog, we discuss the Sustainable Finance Package published by the European Commission in June 2023.

The MiCAR aims to create a broad EU regulatory framework for the issuance of, intermediating and dealing in, crypto assets. MiCAR entered into force in June 2023. Both ESMA and EBA published consultation papers including draft technical standards.

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ESMA publishes explanatory notes to various concepts under the Taxonomy Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the Benchmark Regulation.

In this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024. 

Traditionally, 1 January (and 1 July) each year is a date on which new Dutch financial regulations enter into force. This year, the amendments to the Dutch Financial Supervision Act are relatively few, but other developments are worthy of attention.

The book, entitled 'Sustainable Finance in Europe', brings together the views of expert academics and practitioners on the latest regulatory developments in sustainable finance in Europe. It includes cutting-edge issues which relate to three main themes.

A massive stock market rally recently suddenly developed with respect to GameStop’s shares, a moribund chain of video game stores in the United States. The instigators: users of the investment forum r/wallstreetbets on Reddit.

On 20 July 2021, the European Commission presented a new legislative package containing significant changes to the applicable anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing regime.

During CFO Forum’s Annual Meeting, Marieke Driessen and Rogier Raas hosted a breakout session on ESG reporting and how it contributes to driving new growth.

On 26 February, the European Commission presented the proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying and streamlining European sustainability legislation.

Recently, the Dutch bill for the implementation of BRRD II establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended by Directive in the Netherlands was submitted to Dutch Parliament.

In this blog Maciek Bednarski, Annemijn Witkam and Roderik Vrolijk explain what NFTs are and describe some of the legal challenges they will bring about.

In this blog, we briefly present the evolution of the future new European legal framework for the digital financial sector.

On 30 of May 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Package (the AML Package). The AML Package will have consequences for market parties.