Interne auditfuncties professionaliseren verder bij financiële ondernemingen
Why this matters
This is a regulatory guidance document from the AFM (Dutch financial regulator) presenting findings from a market survey on internal audit functions. It identifies expectations for banks, insurers, and financial service providers regarding independent testing and governance controls. The report offers best practice examples and encourages firms to adopt appropriate frameworks aligned with their risk profile. This constitutes noteworthy regulatory guidance with clear signals about governance and operational resilience expectations, but is informational rather than prescriptive or enforcement-based.
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What the AFM said
Interne auditfuncties bij financiële ondernemingen worden steeds professioneler. Uit onderzoek van de Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) bij zes grote banken, vier verzekeraars en vijf grote financieel dienstverleners blijkt dat zij in toenemende mate investeren in onafhankelijke toetsing. We moedigen ondernemingen…
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Context
Autoriteit Financiele Markten (AFM) — The Dutch conduct authority for financial markets. We track 70 updates from them.
Dutch conduct supervision of financial markets is carried out by the AFM. Browse all Netherlands updates.
This update is classified under Senior Managers / Governance, Operational Resilience / Outsourcing, Banking & Credit and Insurance & Pensions.