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NMa: Notaries to adjust their code of conduct
The Royal Dutch Notarial Society (KNB) recently dropped the prohibition on directly recruiting potential clients, the requirement to ‘advertise objectively,’ as well as the...
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NMa: shopping around for financial products pays off
Shopping around pays off, even for financial products, such as health insurances, car insurances or mortgages.
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NMa fines more real-estate traders for manipulation of foreclosure auctions
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has fined an additional 65 real-estate traders, with fines totaling EUR 6.4 million.
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The NMa saved Dutch households an average of EUR 33 in 2012
The Netherlands Competition Authority has published its 2012 Annual Report.
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Market Outlook Authority for Consumers & Markets
The market outlook of ACM details the current state of play within the broader realm of consumers and markets, focusing on several sectors.
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Profit margins on mortgages have increased as banks must meet ever stricter requirements
Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, the ever stricter requirements imposed on banks to make them more crisis-proof have led to higher profit margins on mortgages. Banks...
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Collaboration between banks with regard to cash processing and transportation is allowed
A collaboration between three major Dutch banks with regard to cash counting and sorting, and transportation services is allowed.
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ACM publishes study into behavioural economics and competition policy
ACM has commissioned a study into the implications of behavioral economics on competition policy. The report is now available at the ACM website.
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ACM: Dutch National Mortgage Institution potentially harmful to entry into banking market
The creation of the National Mortgage Institution (NHI) could pose risks according to ACM. New entrants in the banking market may be put at a disadvantage.
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ACM: underwater mortgages do not result in higher interest rates for homeowners
Homeowners with reduced incomes or with mortgages that are ‘underwater’ are often bound to their current banks.
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