ECAF provides input for crowdfunding regulation in the Netherlands

Last Sunday, 26 November 2017, was the deadline for responding to the Ministry of Finance's consultation on future crowdfunding legislation specifically on peer-to-business lending. The input from the European Centre for Alternative Finance (ECAF) aims at a clear legislative framework and more transparency in the sector.

In the detailed response, the research team emphasized the diversity of investors and projects that should be taken into account when drafting the new regulation. Not all investors see crowdfunding purely as an investment for a high return. There are also investors (despite higher risks) that despite higher risks want to contribute to specific projects, or groups of people in their community.

Download the full version of the document (pdf, in Dutch).

Press coverage: FD.nl (registration required) and NU.nl.

ECAF is a joint initiative of Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.), CrowdfundingHub and Sustainable Finance Lab.