The Council of the European Union has approved amendments to the Transparency Directive.

Numerous organisations, including the investors association VEB, the SNS bond holders, the trade union FNV, and private individuals had lodged an appeal with the Council of State against the expropriation.

In its recent draft regulatory technical standards, the ESMA provides an overview of situations requiring a supplement to a prospectus.

The SEC has charged the owner of Insight Research, a consulting firm that analyzes publicly traded companies for hedge fund managers, with insider trading and violating anti-fraud provisions.

The European Court of Justice has ruled on a critical question in securities law: when does inside information cease to be inside information? In Brännelius (C-229/24)...

The Ministers of Finance, Security and Justice and Economic Affairs have announced the outline for a new UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner) register.

Earlier this year, the European Commission published a consultation document for the review of the Prospectus Directive.

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.

On 22 December 2015 the First Chamber of the Dutch parliament adopted a bill implementing the revised European transparency directive.

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...

A Delegated Regulation of the Commission, amending the Prospectus Regulation, came into force on 22 September 2012.

The SEC announced its first deferred prosecution agreement with an individual.

Internal discussions on whether members of the AFM’s supervisory board can hold positions in companies or financial institutions prompted the Minister of Finance to conduct an integrity audit.

The Dutch State has nationalized the SNS Reaal bank and insurance group.

The European Parliament adopted the Prospectus Regulation on 5 April 2017. Since the Council is expected to formally adopt the regulation shortly, we expect entry into force in summer 2017.

In October IOSCO published the following documents:

Supermarket chain Super de Boer should have intervened earlier to avoid possible insider trading. An appeals court recently decided this in proceedings following Jumbo’s takeover of Super de Boer in 2009.

The AFM issued a EUR 2,500 fine to a securities trader on 10 December 2012 for passing on inside information regarding an imminent share issue by a listed company.

The European Commission wants to harmonise the rules for central securities depositaries (CSDs) and has published a proposal for a regulation to that effect.

The International Stock Exchange (TISE) became home to nearly half of high yield bond issuers in Europe during the first nine months of 2018, up from nearly zero a few years ago.