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The Market Court recently received a petition for the annulment and reform of the decision of the Sanctions Commission of financial watchdog FSMA in the Nyrstar case. The commission had found Nyrstar NV guilty of market manipulation. The company was fined €80,000, but its board members were acquitted. The commission ruled that there had been insufficient investigation into their individual roles in the manipulation. That ruling is now being challenged. The ball is therefore i

“Together, we can make our societies open for business but closed for crime.” The words of Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever at the United Nations still resonate as I work my way through the 146-page decision of the FSMA Sanctions Committee on market manipulation at Nyrstar NV. The Committee’s mandate was clear: to determine the sanctions for four violations identified by the FSMA’s auditor after years of investigation. His exhaustive reports left little doubt that Nyrstar

Minority shareholders who suffer huge losses are left waiting for years, while courts, despite their best efforts, lack the resources to...

The imminent introduction of multiple voting rights is currently sparking controversy in the media over whether sufficient consideration...

Listed companies will soon be able to introduce multiple voting rights in addition to double voting rights. Without robust checks and...

The enforcement committee of the FSMA is expected to rule on the Nyrstar case shortly. It is high time, as it has been more than six...

Is Nyrstar’s board of directors truly caught between a rock and a hard place? That metaphor positions the board as a victim. In reality,...

The financial newspaper De Tijd published an opinion by Kris Vansanten in which he argues that Nyrstar should finally act in line with...

“You're losing.” With these harsh words, Jamie Dimon, CEO of the world's largest bank, addressed Europe today in the Financial Times....

Minority shareholders sound the alarm about poor governance, conflicts of interest, mismanagement, and excessive spending. Nyrstar NV, a...

‘It seems that the justice system wants to send a strong message to politicians’, this week in Trends Tendances. Does the justice system...

How do you commit a hold-up on a publicly traded company in Belgium? By applying a cuckoo strategy, as this video explains in less than...

'The biggest robbery in Belgian industrial history' is how Le Vif magazine describes Trafigura's role in the takeover of Nyrstar's...

A true David versus Goliath story. The small shareholder against one of the most powerful companies in the world, Trafigura, which turns...

"The protection of minority shareholders and the strengthening of the Belgian capital market require well-founded analysis and policy....

An article that speaks volumes! The Brussels stock exchange is dying a slow death", writes Peter De Groote in De Tijd. Is that...

A new international project aims to improve the culture and governance of accountancy firms worldwide, reduce the risk of unethical...

Is Nyrstar really suffering a $300 million loss due to historically low zinc processing wages, as a recent article in De Tijd seems to...

This is a great victory in our fight for better protection of minority shareholders in Belgium! Today marks an important milestone in our...

A major victory in our fight for better protection for minority shareholders! Today marks an important milestone in our ongoing fight for...