The Netherlands, in its contribution to the international initiatives to combat Money Laundering, has a number of laws which have created offences aimed at preventing and detecting drug trafficking, terrorism and other serious crimes. In order to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering Legislation, Finles Capital Management is required to establish the identity of all new investors. Therefore, in order to avoid a delay in the acceptance of subscriptions, all investors are required to supply the following information with their applications:
A - Individual Applicants
- Signed* Passport or National Identity Card – valid, clearly showing the photo page (certified copy**). Please note that color copies are NOT accepted.***
- Utility Bill or Bank Statement – reflecting current residential address (original of certified copy**).
Please note that PO Box addresses and mobile phone bills are NOT acceptable. All documents must be less than three months old. - Details of Occupation (job title and industry of profession) and Source of Funds (eg savings / inheritance etc) should be completed in the boxes on the Application Form.
For applications in joint names, please enclose the above documents for all parties.
B - Corporations and Private Companies
- Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Good Standing (certified copy**).
- Board Resolution authorizing the account signatories / valid authorized signatory list.
- Register of Directors and Members.
- Identification documents of two Directors (as shown in Section A of this page). If the Directors are not signatories, identification of two signatories are required as well.
- Identification of principal Beneficial Owners (ie those members with an interest of greater than 10%), as shown in Section A of this page.
- The Nature of the Business and Source of Funds should be completed in the boxes provided on the Application Form.
Documents supplied in languages other than English – The Administrator must receive officially translated and originally certified** versions if any identification documents not supplied in English.
* Certain countries do not require identity documents to be signed. In these instances, the investor must countersign a copy of the document and present this signed copy for certification.
** Certification of Documents – All copies of documents must be originally certified by: A notary public; lawyer; accountant; director or manager of a credit of financial institution licensed in a FATF^ jurisdiction; member of the judiciary; a senior civil servant or a serving police officer,
AND
The certifier must sign and date the copy document (printing his / her name clearly in capitals underneath) and clearly indicate his / her position or capacity.
^ MEMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (“FATF”) and countries and territories with equivalent legislation and financial sector procedures: All countries at EU and Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Dutch Antilles, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey.
*** The signed copy of your individual Passport or other internationally recognized identity document must be clear and legible, including the photograph, and must show your:
- Full name;
- Nationality;
- Date of birth;
- Signature;
- Photograph.