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Better Markets applauds labour Department’s (DOL) historic rule beating Wall Street and putting retirement savers’ best interests first by requiring that brokers and other financial advisers giving retirement advice must put their clients’ best interests first, which will protect hardworking retirement savers from conflicts of interest. Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO of Better Markets declared:

By Arnaud Houdmont, Chief Communications Officer European Union lawmakers plan to significantly restrict high-frequency trading with new rules that would rein in high-frequency trading (HFT) and tighten up rules related to the use of so-called dark pools. High-frequency traders use software that allows trading at lightning speed. Whereas large firms have access to such technology, critics

The Central Bank of Ireland is investigating almost 200 investment funds for possible mis-selling after the financial regulator launched a probe into the practice of asset management companies hawking expensive, supposedly market-beating funds that only track the index. While the Irish regulator said it had carried out a “detailed inspection” of 2,550 funds, there is

A new report by think-tank New Financial finds that EU capital markets continue to underperform, widening the transatlantic gap with US capital markets.  Relative to the size of the economy, most sectors of EU capital markets have shrunk over the past decade –  with remnants from the financial crisis still present and recovery moving slowly. With

Traditionally, the dichotomy of investment models consists of active investing and passive investing, also known as indexing. To these two, financial researchers are striving to add a new category, which is commonly referred to as evidence-based investing. In the active investment sector, brokers and fund managers try to outperform the reported performances of indexes (simply,

Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, surprised friend and foe by openly criticising financial capitalism at a conference on inclusive capitalism on May 27th. Mr Carney, like many central bankers that were cornered into bailing out banks, acknowledges that the financial sector bears a large part of the responsibility for the financial

A recent study by S&P Dow Jones Indices once again illustrates that active managers have trouble beating the indexes, especially over the long term. There seems to be no end in sight to the debate between advocates of active investing and those promoting a passive strategy, with the former defending their ability to deviate from

New York City’s retirement funds for over 700,000 city employees represent the fourth largest pension system in the United States, totaling nearly $160 billion in assets… and they are being wiped out by the exorbitant fees charged by the Wall Street money managers. An analysis of New York City’s pension funds revealed zero return on

After the 2023 AGM season and looking ahead to the 2024 season, BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations voice concerns about the erosion of shareholder rights. Inadequate rules for Virtual Annual General Meetings (AGMs) in some Member States highlight the need for broader engagement and representation frameworks for investors to truly benefit from digitalisation. The

Today, BETTER FINANCE, the leading advocate for European citizens as investors, savers, shareholders, and financial services users, unveils its manifesto ahead of the upcoming European Union elections in June 2024. Entitled “Sustainable Value for Money: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises & The Planet,” the manifesto calls for a renewed emphasis on better outcomes for consumers, long-term investment,

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous returns, both in nominal and real terms, for virtually all of the product categories analysed in this report. This comes after a year 2021 that

The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Austria The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Belgium The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Bulgaria The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Croatia The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Denmark

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous returns, both in nominal and real terms, for virtually all of the product categories analysed in this report. This comes after a year 2021 that

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, has released its Pensions Report 2023, uncovering the dire challenges confronting long-term and pension savers across 17 EU Member States in the aftermath of a tumultuous 2022. In what is termed an “annus horribilis,” the report exposes the setbacks faced by savers, with disastrous

Transition investing refers to capital needed to improve economic activities, that are not environmentally friendly at present. Such capital supports the development of innovation and infrastructure, enabling current activities to eventually achieve climate neutrality. The European Commission’s release of the transition finance ‘Recommendation’[1] emphasised the importance of such investments for Europe’s pursuit of environmentally conscious

We are pleased to share that Jesse Collin, from BETTER FINANCE member organization Finnish Share Promotion Foundation, has been selected as a member of ESMA’s Consultative Working Group in the Risk Standing Committee – Investor Trends and Research Working Group. The working group will focus on consumers, ESG and innovation related topics. For a full

As part of the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), BETTER FINANCE has joined forces with ShareAction and other NGOs to launch an EU Elections Manifesto, urging EU policymakers to take bold action on sustainable finance. Within this manifesto, we have outlined our key recommendations for the upcoming European Commission: Accelerate investments in Europe’s transition to

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