On 6 August 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published an update on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, DORA). This update focuses on the progress of the financial sector since the introduction of DORA.
The AFM has noticed strong improvement in the
On 9 July 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) issued a news update on the findings of an exploratory study of the online choice environment of platforms that offer embedded insurance.
The study shows that these environments often contain several elements that may encourage consumers to
On 27 July 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) issued a news update on the publication of detailed rules on the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle (T+1) by the European Commission (EC). Under the T+1 system, the settlement of transactions in
On 23 July 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) issued a news update on areas of attention for compliance and internal audit functions at Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and managers of Undertakings in Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS Managers)(collectively referred
On 17 June 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published its Supervisory Review & Evaluation Process (SREP) market overview 2025. The SREP is a periodic survey that investment firms are required to complete, of which the results are used by the AFM to develop
On 7 April 2026, the AFM published its analysis on the use of AI in the Dutch asset management-sector. The AFM defines the following parties as asset managers: investment firms, fund managers, depositaries, proprietary traders and trading platforms.
The AFM states that the deployment of advanced/self-learning algorithms and other AI applications by asset managers is
On 20 October 2025, the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) and the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a report about digital dependency in the financial sector. The key message is that the Dutch financial sector faces systemic risks as it has
On 30 September 2025, the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) issued a newsletter on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). In this newsletter, the AFM, among other things, provides an update on proprietary trading under MiCAR.
The AFM refers to the Q&As issued by the European
On 30 June 2025, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) issued a sector letter addressed to alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) operating under the so-called ‘light’ regime. These light AIFMs are exempt from the licensing requirement under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
On 12 June 2025, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) issued its latest newsletter outlining developments related to the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (Regulation 2023/1114, MiCAR). A key focus of this update is the AFM’s supervisory strategy following the end of the transitional period.
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