The Decree on Prudential Supervision of Financial Groups (Besluit prudentieel toezicht financiële groepen Wft) provides further rules on the prudential supervision of financial groups.
The basic principles underlying the Decree can be found in Chapter 3.6 of the Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht – Wft). The Decree is structured in the same way as that chapter, comprising paragraphs on consolidated supervision of banks, investment firms, financial holding companies and mixed financial holdings, supplementary supervision of Dutch insurers in an insurance group, supplementary supervision of insurers with limited risk in a group and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates.
On 30 September 2024, DNB published the amendments to the two policy rules for the deposit guarantee scheme (DGS). These amendments were publicly consulted in June 2024.
Read more Adoption of the 2024 amendments to the Policy Rules for the Deposit Guarantee Scheme
In light of the IFR/IFD Review, the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) present recommendations for the review of the Investment Firms Regulation (IFR) and the Investment Firms Directive (IFD).
Read more The Dutch Ministry of Finance, the AFM and DNB: recommendations for the review of the prudential framework for investment firms
As at 30 June 2024, Dutch households held some €15 billion in bank deposits in other euro area countries, the latest figures from DNB and the European Central Bank (ECB) show. This means foreign savings keep growing.
Read more Dutch households see foreign bank deposits double in two years
DNB is extending the period during which it will take no enforcement action on the boundary between the banking book and the trading book.
Read more DNB extends non-enforcement period with respect to boundary between banking book and trading book
