Tech Curbs and Bank Tax: An Investor’s Guide to Dutch Election

  • No Dutch party is projected to claim an absolute majority
  • Investors seek clarity on a range of issues with new cabinet

Election campaign posters for political parties contesting in the upcoming Dutch election.

Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg

Investors are counting on Wednesday’s election in the Netherlands for clarity on policies targeting banks, technology firms, real estate and airlines.

After the collapse of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government in July, the makeup of the next coalition will determine various issues currently in play.