Financial Services Regulation

Het Nederlandse UBO-register is op 27 september 2020 live gegaan. Vennootschappen en andere juridische entiteiten die voor 27 september 2020 zijn opgericht, hebben tot 27 maart 2022 de tijd voor de registratie van hun UBO’s (ultimate beneficial owners).

De aandacht voor Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”)/internationaal maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (“iMVO”)/Environmental, Social and Governance factoren (“ESG”) blijft toenemen.

Edouard d'Anterroches, Audrey Jarreton and Nicolas Pradel co-authored the SFDR Implementation Guide published on 9 March 2021 by the ABBL, ALFI and ACA for the use of their members.

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

Publicatie voorstel voor een Europese Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

On 6 July 2021, the European Commission adopted the much-awaited decision C(2021) 4858 final which provides very useful answers to the questions raised by the European Supervisory Authorities on priority issues relating to the application of the SFDR.

On 11 February 2022, the Belgian Official Gazette published a new law modifying the Belgian anti-money laundering law. The objective of the text is to introduce new provisions to regulate crypto-exchange and wallet service providers.

On 3 March 2022, the Luxembourg law of 25 February 2022 implementing a.o. the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the Taxonomy Regulation has been published in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.