Mr. drs. A. (Aalt-Jan) Smits
Erasmus School of Law
Erasmus Universiteit
4 Publications
European Banking on Financial Markets: prospects of the SIU in the Competitiveness Communication
In July 2026, the European Commission presented the prospects of the Savings and Investments Union for European banking in the final form in the Communication on European Bank Competitiveness. The Com...
European Banking on Financial Markets: the Preliminary Prospectus of the SIU
The Savings and Investments Union Strategy announced the publication of the report of the European Commission about “the overall situation of the banking system in the single market”, which is brought...
More Harmonised, More Consistent, and Simply More: an Update to the AIFMD
The recent revision of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) brings forth non-negligible amendments for the managers of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and, to a lesser extent...
Business Model Sustainability in Bank Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): a Regulatory Takeover?
In April 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision introduced the concept of "business model sustainability" in the revised Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. The concept alloca...
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