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The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets ("AFM") has revised its brochure on insider trading. The primary amendment concerns the obligation of insiders to notify transactions in financial instruments issued by their own institution to the AFM.

The AFM imposed a EUR 20,000 fine on NCIC for misleading trading practices on 11 May 2012.

The Dutch Central Bank issued two fines for banking law violations on 25 September 2012.

On 21 February 2012, the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington D.C. with the World Bank for greater cooperation in fighting international fraud and corruption.

Recently, the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment has explicitly stated that this was never intended.

In a letter to Parliament late 2016, the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment set out the government's conditions for allowing mergers between mandatory industry-wide pension funds...

This legal alert describes the Advocate General’s advice to the Supreme Court that the ‘Splitsingswet’ is not in conflict with EU law, but still has to be assessed for compliance with ECHR (property right).

The Minister of Economic Affairs recently submitted to parliament a bill amending the Electricity Act 1998 and an accompanying draft decree on compensation relating to the offshore grid.

The pilot concerns cases involving violations of section 2:80.1 FMSA (acting as an intermediary without a licence) where the offender does not dispute the facts and legal assessment of the facts and cooperates with a fast-track processing of the case.

The Minister of Economic Affairs has informed the Second Chamber about alternative forms of financing.

The Minister of Finance wants to ban commissions for complex and high-impact products from 1 January 2013.

The European Central Bank will start directly supervising 150 of the Eurozone’s largest banks and be closely involved in the supervision of other banks from September 2014.

The Dutch Central Bank issued two fines for banking law violations in September 2012.

National banking supervisors in the EU are entitled to information about suspicious clients of banks that are not established in their territory but do provide financial services there from another EU country.

The Financial Markets Amendment Act 2014 is expected to take effect on 1 January 2014. It introduces a general duty of care for financial services providers, but a less extensive one than originally planned.

This Act came into force on 13 June and has retroactive effect from 20 January 2012.

A Bill will enter into force on 1 July 2012 amending the current rules regarding the expertise required of day-to-day policy makers and supervisory board members at financial undertakings.