Euronext Amsterdam

Dutch business community calls for measures to boost earning capacity and broad prosperity

A resilient and well-functioning economy is essential to secure the overall prosperity and future earning capacity of the Netherlands. This requires substantial investments, including in digitisation, defence and the energy transition.
Euronext Amsterdam has joined a broad coalition of parties from the business community and the financial sector that is calling for targeted actions and measures. Only by giving the financial sector the space to fully fulfil its role as a financier and catalyst for growth and transition can the Netherlands realise these ambitions. Download the underlying manifesto here:

MAnifesto (Dutch)

Putting the Dutch capital market to work for growth and innovation

In a joint initiative with leaders in the Dutch capital market, Euronext Amsterdam is making an emphatic appeal to politicians to make better use of the power of the Dutch capital market for the major investment challenges facing our country, from energy and sustainability to housing and innovation.

The message is clear: put the Dutch capital market to work for growth and innovation. Investing in growth requires not only public funds, but also a well-functioning, robust and future-oriented financial infrastructure that helps companies grow, stimulates innovation and enables households to put their savings to productive use.

We appeal to the new cabinet to strengthen the business and investment climate by pursuing a predictable and stable fiscal policy. In addition, it is crucial to continue investing in talent development and to keep the Netherlands attractive to international talent.

Private investors must be encouraged to invest more in the economy through tax incentives, better education about investing and more balanced investor protection. Institutional investments also deserve greater focus through closer cooperation between the public and private sectors. The government and the business community must join forces in the interests of the Dutch “business entity”. Finally, further integration of European capital markets is needed to strengthen the internal market and improve access to capital for businesses.

Only by working together can the government, the business community, investors and financiers ensure that the Dutch capital market works to promote sustainable economic growth and innovation.

Read the full position paper below:

Full Position Paper (Dutch)

Executive Summary (English)

Regulatory bodies

Euronext Amsterdam is governed by the Act on Financial Supervision of 28 September 2006. Operation of a regulated market in the Netherlands is subject to prior licence. This licence is granted to Euronext by the Dutch Minister of Finance. The AFM (Autoriteit Financiële Markten) and the Dutch National Bank act as the regulatory authority for members of Euronext Amsterdam.

The AFM:

• Monitors the primary and secondary markets

• Ensures compliance with market rules

• Monitors clearing and settlement operations.

Dutch market financial supervision is carried out by:

• ‘De Nederlandsche Bank’ (DNB), which supervises financial institutions and the financial sector;

• The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), which supervises the conduct of the financial markets.

Rule Book

A single Euronext Rule Book governs trading on all Euronext Securities and Derivatives Markets. It contains both harmonised and non-harmonised, or local, rules.

The harmonised rules are as follows:

• Rule Book I contains the Harmonised Rules, including rules of conduct and of enforcement, designed to protect the markets, as well as rules on listing, trading and membership;

• Notices regarding the organisation of Trading 

• Notices regarding the organisation of Members

• Notices regarding the organisation of Issuers

The non-harmonised rules are as follows:

• Rule Book II and Notices applicable to Euronext Amsterdam, the regulated market operated by Euronext Amsterdam NV