Flow Traders BV

EU Legislative Interests

While we seek profit by trading in a highly competitive environment, we feel that we must leverage our knowledge and our position as a market participant to safeguard fair, orderly and transparent markets for others. Therefore, we spend considerable resources and efforts to address such outside interests in our regulatory dialogue as it improves market quality for everyone, including more vulnerable participants. We actively contribute to the regulatory dialogue and consultations in order to promote effective and efficient regulation, while keeping an eye on practical implications. The main EU legislative and policies are: The review of the Investment Firm Directive and regulation (IFR/D) The review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and regulation (MiFID and MiFIR - Including EMIR) The (review) of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) Any communication or initiatives from the European Commission and Parliament on a European strategy for digitalization and tokenization of assets Any initiatives or communication from the European Institutions on the usability, admissibility and trading of Exchange Traded Products and Funds (ETps and ETFs) Any communication or initiatives from the European Commission and Parliament on (micro) market structures of trading of assets, commodities or collateral Any communication or initiatives from the Eruopean Commission and Parliament on prudential regulation for investment firms Any communication or initiatives from the European Commission and Parliament on a European strategy for digitalization and tokenization of assets Any communication and initiatives from the European Commission and Parliament on Shortening the Settlement Cycle to T+1 (including EMIR) Any communication or initiatives from the European Institutions on the implementation of the Consolidated tape in the EU. Any communication or activities from the European institutions on the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Communication Activities

Flow Traders is committed to engage with all our (public) stakeholders through a wide range of activities. Such activities include: (i) organizing or participating in meetings, round tables, workshops, conferences, events; (ii) contributing to/participating in public consultations, hearings or other similar initiatives; (iii) organizing communication and informative campaigns, (iv) participating on/in platforms, networks, grassroots initiatives; (v) preparing/commissioning policy and position papers, opinion polls, surveys, open letters, research work as per the activities covered by transparency register rules.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) represents Europe’s leading Principal Trading Firms (https://www.fia.org/epta). The Dutch Trade Association of Proprietary Traders (APT) represents proprietary trading firms who trade for their own account and risk are crucial for the proper functioning of the stock exchange, are supervised by the Dutch regulators AFM and DNB (https://www.aptraders.nl). Holland FinTech is the Fintech Association for the Netherlands. Their mission is to connect people and organizations within the fintech industry, enabling consumers and businesses to benefit from innovation and development (https://www.hollandFintech.com). The VEUO is a representative organisation of listed companies which looks after the interests of companies listed at Euronext Amsterdam. Their purpose is to contribute to a well-functioning capital market in which listed companies can flourish (https://www.veuo.nl)