On 10 November 2022, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published the results of an investigation it conducted on the status of compliance of financial undertakings with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, SFDR) and the related Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852). The
On 11 October 2022, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published a news item in which it reminds investment firms and UCITS managers about their obligations in relation to the declaration no objection (verklaring van geen bezwaar, DNO) that holders of a qualifying holding in these regulated
On 7 September 2022, the Decree implementation directives for investment firms and UCITS on sustainability risks and factors (Besluit implementatie richtlijnen voor beleggingsondernemingen en icbe’s inzake duurzaamheidsrisico’s en duurzaamheidsfactoren, the Decree) was published in the Dutch Government Gazette (Staatsblad).
The Decree implements Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 as regards the
On 29 August 2022, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published for consultation a supplement to the Guideline for investment advice and asset management service providers (Leidraad advies- en vermogensbeheerdienstverlening, the Guideline).
The results of research conducted by the AFM, which were published
On 5 July 2022, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) and the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) jointly published a news article on the obligation for certain investment firms to establish a risk committee and a remuneration committee.
Risk committee
The Investment
On 27 May 2022, the Amendment Act Financial Markets 2022 (Wijzigingswet financiële markten 2022) (the 2022 Act) was published in the Dutch Government Gazette.
The 2022 Act contains changes to key legislation relevant to the Dutch financial markets, including, but not limited to, the Act on the Financial Supervision (Wet op
On 29 April 2022, the Dutch Minister of Finance published for consultation the draft legislative proposal for the Amendment Act Financial Markets 2024 (Wijzigingswet financiële markten 2024, the Amendment Act 2024). This legislative proposal is part of an annual cycle of changes to the legislation relevant to the Dutch financial markets. Changes
On 12 April 2022, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published the results of its investigation into advertisements (reclame-uitingen) of investment firms. For its investigation, the AFM reviewed advertisements of four investment firms in the fall of 2021.
Each advertisement needs to independently comply
On 21 March 2022, the Decree implementing Commission Delegated Directives (EU) 2021/169 and 2021/1270 (Besluit implementatie gedelegeerde richtlijnen (EU) 2021/1269 en 2021/1270, the Implementation Decree) was published for public consultation by the Dutch Minster of Finance.
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1270 amends Commission Delegated Directive 2010/43/EU thereby imposing obligations on management companies
On 9 February 2022, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published the results of a study into the quality of order execution on payment for order flow (PFOF) trading venues. The report containing the AFM’s findings is titled ‘Assessing the quality of executions on