As the European Parliament, the Council for the European Union and the European Commission have now agreed on the proposal for the Prospectus Regulation, it seems likely that the rules for a new prospectus regime will enter into force in the next few months.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek recently advised Assicurazioni Generali on the acquisition from PPF Group of the remaining 49% stake it did not own in Generali PPF Holding for a fixed price of EUR 2.5 billion.

TMF Group – in partnership with Global Fund Media – examines the global fundraising trends and challenges faced by international Private Equity and Real Estate investors.

On 10 May 2011, the upper chamber of the Dutch Parliament passed a bill implementing EU Directive 2009/109/EC – which is intended to simplify the reporting and documentation requirements in the case of mergers and divisions (demergers) – by means of amendments to Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code.

For example, institutions will now be explicitly required to provide as many different training courses as is required for each specific function in an organization.

From January 2016, dividends declared on an insurer's ordinary shares must be cancellable on a breach of the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) at any time up until payment...

The Bouwinvest Residential Fund has sold 118 homes to Daelmans Vastgoed. The sale involves 81 houses in Zoetermeer and 37 apartments in Zwolle. Almost all the homes have an A+...

Today, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that it changed its policy on Exempt Investment Institutions (Vrijgestelde Beleggingsinstellingen or VBIs) in the sense that from now it will support these entities if they claim protection under Dutch tax treaties, except if the Netherlands specifically agrees with the other treaty partner that certain treaty benefits will not be available.

On 23 November 2016, the European Commission published proposals for the completion of the banking regulation reform that was initiated after the financial crisis.

The European Parliament has agreed to the introduction of stricter rules for rating agencies.

Did you know we have had a significant presence in the Middle East for over 17 years? We have two offices in the region and our Channel Islands team make regular visits to colleagues and clients.

Located right in the heart of Europe, the Netherlands, which came to dominate global capital markets and commerce in the 17th and 18th centuries, remains to this day a highly attractive...

In May 2011, the AFM and the Dutch Central Bank ("DNB") published an explanation of their joint enforcement policy.

On 18 November 2019 the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) has published its improved best practices (the Best Practices) in respect of the compliance with ...

A draft bill on the recovery and resolution of insurers was published for public consultation on 13 July 2016. Interested parties may respond to the draft bill until 28 August 2016.

The Minister of Finance is holding a consultation until 18 October about a draft bill authorising DNB to assess banks and investment firms on their relevance to the stability of the financial system.

A discussion on the implementation of Directive 2011/89/EU, which provides for supplementary supervision of financial entities in a financial conglomerate.

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the AFM) have published a paper describing the next steps in facilitating an adequate supervisory approach...