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Now that the Cabinet has taken off, it will begin to focus on fleshing out the coalition program. We look forward to fleshing out the agreement and are happy to share our priorities for further consideration.
Just when the newly installed cabinet has announced its intention to reduce the administrative burden of business and no longer wants to allow national headlines on (European) regulations, the Ministry of Finance is planning to introduce additional reporting requirements for the financial sector.
On May 17, the Ministry of Finance published the draft legislative proposal "AFM Supervisory Reporting Act. This bill aims to create a legal authority for the Financial Markets Authority (AFM) for data-driven supervision. We indicated in our response of June 28 that we do not support the introduction of a reporting obligation as included in the draft bill.
In this series, we talk to leading figures from the asset management industry and around it. Second, we spoke with Edward Feitsma, strategic policy advisor at VNO-NCW on the financial sector portfolio. From this position, Edward deals with financial topics within VNO-NCW. During the DUFAS ALV, he shared his insights on the position of the financial sector in the political administrative arena of The Hague.
The Dutch financial sector is calling on political parties to ensure strong Dutch representation on the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) committee even after the European elections.
In the run-up to the European Elections, Ellen Boelema (VVD), Jolein Baidenmann (GroenLinks-PvdA), Sander Smit (BBB), Mazdak Soltani (Volt) debated EU financial issues. The central question was how to strengthen the European capital market union.
As part of the next European political mandate, we call on the EU institutions to strengthen the European Capital Market Union (KMU). This is an important part of facilitating sustainability transitions and efforts to achieve strategic autonomy. In addition, improving the KMU is necessary to keep Europe's internal market competitive. On behalf of the Dutch asset management sector, we have therefore drawn up a number of priorities and proposals. With these we can work towards a strong and competitive European capital market union that is ready for the future.
This week, the four forming parties presented the outline agreement "Hope, Guts and Pride. Business climate and competitiveness are high on the agreement's agenda. An important signal to the Dutch business community, which we at DUFAS welcome. At the same time we want to continue to urge a new cabinet to focus on stability, security and clear climate goals.
European elections will take place next month. Leading up to it, we share some priorities for the upcoming European legislative cycle. These include a number of concrete proposals in the areas of capital markets union, sustainability and retail investment.
As of Jan. 17, 2025, financial institutions must comply with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). To make it easier to amend contracts, industry associations DUFAS, VV&A, the Pension Federation and the Association of Insurers have created a market standard in the form of a template amendment that contains all the necessary clauses.
Banks, insurers, pension funds and asset managers will intensify their commitment to financing the energy transition. The new Climate Commitment Work Plan sets out how the financial sector will continue to fulfill its international pioneering role in the climate field. For example, financial parties will further deepen and exchange knowledge and experience in this field among themselves and together with external partners.
Strengthening the capital market union is top of mind in Brussels. Recently, former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta published the report "Much more than a market." Letta delivered an opinion for the European Council on how to proceed with the European capital market union.
