LIBOR transition - Transfer Pricing considerations (updated April 2022)
Throughout the world, a transition is currently taking place from interbank offered rates (IBORs) to alternative benchmarks. Per January 1, 2022, LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) - a reference point used globally for variable interest rates charged on financial products - is no longer published for most currencies (LIBOR rates were published for all major currencies, such as USD, EUR, GBP, JPY and CHF).
Investments in real estate and the Dutch Financial Supervision Act
For many years real estate has been an important asset class for investors. We regularly approached advise and assist clients with the (financial) structuring of investments in real estate. Tax is often leading in processes like this and the influence of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht (FSA)) and the regulations promulgated thereunder on the structuring process are often underexposed or even forgotten.
NL-Africa Tax Desk newsletter – September 2021
The aim of this newsletter is to give you an easy-to-read overview of the latest tax updates in Africa. This month’s newsletter includes important transfer pricing updates with Botswana and Namibia updating their transfer pricing (documentation) obligations and Togo joining the Inclusive Framework on BEPS.
Popel Coumou - winner of the Meijburg Art Commission 2021
We are proud to present the winner of the Meijburg Art Commission 2021: Popel Coumou (NL, 1978). The Meijburg Art Commission, awarded for the sixth time this year, was presented during the opening of Unseen Amsterdam.
SFDR applicable to AIFM 'light' funds
The European Commission has confirmed that fund managers whom are registered managers with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, "AFM") on the basis of the so-called 'light regime' of Section 2:66a of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht, "FSA") must also comply with the requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR").