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On 14 December 2022, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, published amendments to the Further Regulation on the Supervision of the Conduct of Financial Undertakings under the Financial Supervision Act.

In their financial regulatory outlook, Roderik Vrolijk and Maarten Weekenborg look ahead to 2023 and give an overview of the main legislative and financial regulatory developments they expect in the fintech sector.

Effective from Q1 2023, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the “AFM”) indicated that it will require AIFMs who have notified AIFs for marketing under Article 36/Article 42 AIFMD to submit Periodic Reports.

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.

On 4/10/2023, the District Court of Rotterdam ruled that the Dutch registration regime for crypto services providers goes beyond the scope of the registration requirement set out in the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Directive.

Intra-group relations, such as agreements and intragroup positions, between e-money and payment institutions and other entities within the same group can pose a threat to the solidity of the institution.

Early 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) conducted a review of management bodies in a sample of 20 banks across the European Union.

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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. 

The Netherlands has published the implementation decree in respect of the EU Directive and EU Regulation on cross-border distribution of funds. This means that the (pre)marketing of units in investment funds will be subject to new rules from 6 November 20

Today’s publication of the Sustainable Finance Package will impact large corporates, as well as financial institutions, including asset managers, insurers and others.

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.