Foreign investors interested in investing in the Netherlands may set up an investment fund or an investment company. Businessmen interested in how to start a fund in the Netherlands can set up a Dutch investment company with variable capital (BMKV). One of the main advantages of the investment company with variable capital refers to the fact that the company may act as an investment fund, which can further set up umbrella funds. 
 

The investment company with variable capital in the Netherlands is incorporated following the regulations applicable under the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), the main institution which  provides licenses and regulates the investment vehicles available in this jurisdiction. However, it is important to know that the fund manager is the entity who is required to obtain a license from the AFM. 

Businessmen interested in how to start an investment fund in the Netherlands as a BMKV should know that the company is allowed to act as a investment fund. In this sense, the investors may set up compartments within the fund, which will be allowed to carry out different investment strategies at the same time. Also, the regulations available in the Netherlands state that investment companies may be set up as a hedge fund startup. 

Those who are interested in the procedure on how to start a hedge fund in the Netherlands must know that these types of vehicles are required to obtain licenses from AFM. 

Another important aspect related to the advantages of a BMKV company refers to the fact that it can be used for a hedge fund startup, but only in the situation in which the fund is not listed. 
 

The BMKV structure is considered an opaque legal entity in terms of taxation and it is regulated by three different tax regimes applicable here, as follows: 

•    regular regime;
•    fiscal investment institution (FII) regime;
•    exempt investment institution (EII) regime. 

Please contact our team of affiliates in the Netherlands for more details on the registration of a Dutch investment company with variable capital.