The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD II) was published in November 2023 and one area of evolution is an increased emphasis on open-ended alternative...

Council Regulation 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty<SUP>1</SUP> ("Regulation 1/2003") has revolutionized the enforcement of the EC competition law since its entry into force in May 2004. Regulation 1/2003 introduces major changes in the procedure governing the implementation of art. 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty ("ECT).

While Belgian companies proved to be keenly interested in bond issues since the credit crash, either they often turned to the Luxembourg's supervisory authority to obtain the green light for their prospectus and 'passported' it afterwards into Belgium, or gave priority to offerings addressed solely to institutional investors which do not require a prospectus.

The European Union is implementing its most comprehensive overhaul of payment services regulation since PSD2, merging payment services and electronic money frameworks into a unified system through the new Payment Services Regulation and Third Payment Services Directive. This reform introduces mandatory fraud prevention measures, a harmonized authorization regime, and enhanced open banking requirements that will fundamentally reshape compliance obligations for financial institutions across the EEA.

On 9 June 2023, the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated...

The European Union has adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, alongside parallel measures targeting Belarus, marking a significant escalation in economic pressure.

On 12 September 2025, the European Commission (Commission) accepted legally binding commitments offered by a tech company to address concerns related to a possible abuse of dominant position...

Avec un nouveau retard, la loi portant dispositions diverses en matière d'économie et l'arrêté royal relatif au service bancaire de base pour les entreprises ont finalement été promulgués...

Op 15 januari 2024 werd de wet tot wijziging van de bankierseed en de tuchtregeling voor de banksector gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad.

À partir du 1er mai 2021, les entreprises pourront elles-aussi compter sur un service bancaire de base. Les entreprises auront ainsi un accès garanti à un compte bancaire et, en principe...

This client memo intends to give you a brief overview of the CRD III transposition in Belgium and addresses certain key implementation issues, including questions that various clients have posed to us in the past weeks

Do you want to optimize content marketing within the sphere of financial services? What should compliant content in finance look like? Should you compromise creativity for compliance?

Please find attached the monitoring report for the period 1 February 2023 to 27 February 2023.

Are you aware of the latest Google policy updates? You should be. Understanding the primary search engine is vital for your marketing efforts.

De-risking and diversification aren't new business terms. They've been around as long as risk has given entrepreneurs sleepless nights.

The aim of the law is basically to clarify and consolidate in one statute the currently existing legislation on insurance contracts, intermediation and supervision.