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The EU’s top court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), warned last Friday that the bloc’s legal order could unravel if national courts started to question the primacy of EU law and ECJ decisions. […] After the German Constitutional Court’s ruling on the European Central Bank diverged from an earlier ECJ decision, the ECJ warned, in an

The fall in global equity and oil prices seen on Monday – and a simultaneous surge in the gold price – shows how investors have been complacent with regards to the coronavirus. The disease – which has spread outside of China – is impacting global markets in a way that was “underestimated”, according to Nigel

10 years following the crippling global effects of the financial crisis, long-standing Icelandic BETTER FINANCE member ISA (the Icelandic Savers Association) recently launched a series of lectures and open meetings on the development of global financial markets. The series will look into the aftermath of the crisis, as well as what has been achieved since

Good news at last for some investors caught in “closet index” funds: fund managers will indemnify investors from 64 UK domiciled funds for £ 32 million following the UK financial supervisor’s investigation. Closet index funds are funds that claim to be actively managed, and charge “active” management fees, but closely track the market indices (before

17 March 2016 – Today ADICAE, the Spanish association representing financial end users and BETTER FINANCE member, will reveal the truth that has so far been hidden behind some statements uttered by Bankia’s president at its shareholders’ meeting.   The consumer association will shed light on the actual terms of the ‘offer’ by Goirigolzarri to

Following the success of the BETTER FINANCE Conference last week at the European Parliament, BETTER FINANCE is already organising its next conference in cooperation with the Icelandic Shareholders Association Samtök Fjárfesta. The conference "Back to Basics – Economies Before, During and After the Crisis" will be held on the 27th of June 2014 in Reykjavik. Please

On the first of November, shortly  after the Royal Bank of Scotland had suspended two traders in connection with the Financial Conduct Authority’s investigation into the manipulation of foreign exchange rates, Barclays suspended six of its own traders. The probe into these allegations intends to clarify whether traders colluded to artificially influence crucial benchmarks in

In March 2015, the FCA launched the Asset Management Market Study with the purpose of increasing transparency on charges, eliminating conflicts of interests and restoring savers’ trust in the asset management industry.  Following two years of investigation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) concludes that asset managers must overhaul their charging structures and improve their governance

Good news at last for some investors caught in “closet index” funds: fund managers will indemnify investors from 64 UK domiciled funds for £ 32 million following the UK financial supervisor’s investigation. Closet index funds are funds that claim to be actively managed, and charge “active” management fees, but closely track the market indices (before

Guillaume Prache, 11 November 2012 What is by far the biggest financial market in the world and also one of the most opaque, least regulated, least taxed, and extremely expensive for end users? You guessed it, the Currency Market. By far the biggest One quadrillion dollars (one followed by 15 zeros) in transactions per year:

The Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) compromise currently on the table for a European Parliament vote blatantly disregards the interests of retail investors and the establishment of a competitive Capital Markets Union (CMU). Should Ms Yon-Courtin’s proposed compromise be approved by the ECON committee on 20th March and subsequently put to a plenary vote one month

BETTER FINANCE endorses the FSUG’s call for improved ‘Value for Money’ in retail investments. The focus is on enhancing the effectiveness of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) to contribute significantly to investors’ financial well-being. The FSUG emphasises the responsibility of product manufacturers to design products that boost investors’ financial wealth and urges supervisors

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE’s Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, the economy, and for future generations. This will ensure Europe’s prosperity and security in a rapidly

DG FISMA will be organising a roundtable on January 25th, 2024 at 10:00, where Aleksandra Maczynska, Acting Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE will address the panel on ‘Opportunities from a shorter settlement cycle in the EU’.

The Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) started applying in March 2021 and requires financial market participants and financial advisers to disclose at entity and product levels how they integrate sustainability risks and principal adverse impacts in their processes at both entity and product levels. It also introduces additional product disclosures for sustainable financial products making

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce a new collaboration with SASV (Schweizerischer Anlegerschutzverein), the Swiss Investor Protection Association, further expanding its pan-European network. SASV is dedicated to promoting transparency within the Swiss capital market and advancing investor rights. This partnership with BETTER FINANCE aims to bolster the representation of Swiss individual investors and shareholders on

Brussels, 14 December 2023 – On December 11th, the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Council convened to discuss next year’s research program and to elect a new chairperson. The Council recommended that BETTER FINANCE continues to build on the extensive research conducted by the team and expressed support for the 2024 research program, including further research on

The Lithuanian Investors Association and BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, are organising the annual BETTER FINANCE International Investors’ Conference, scheduled to take place in Vilnius on May 30, 2024. The conference, titled “Vilnius 2024 | Shaping the Future of Finance,” will delve into various topics encompassing European and Baltic

Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Time: 14h00 – 18h00 | Place: University Foundation, 11 Rue d’Egmont, 1000 Brussels PROGRAMME 13h30 – 14h00 | Registration & Coffee 14h00 – 14h10 | Welcome | Aleksandra Mączyńska, Acting Managing Director, BETTER FINANCE 14h10 – 14h30 | Keynote Speech | José Manuel Campa, Chair, European Banking Authority (EBA)

The “Swiss Association for the Protection of Investors” (Schweizerische Anlegerschutzverein) is committed to transparency on the Swiss capital market and the promotion and enforcement of investor rights in Switzerland. Its purpose is to protect the interests of investors with regard to financial investments and to support them in the enforcement of their corporate and economic

The BBC uncovered a secret recording involving the Bank of England in the Libor rigging scandal. The recording uncovered by the BBC consists of a discussion between two bankers at Barclays, one of them saying that the government and the Bank of England were pressuring them to lower the rate they offered for the Libor. The

A jury last week found former UBS and Citi trader Tom Haynes guilty of eight counts of conspiring to manipulate the London interbank lending rate (LIBOR) which is based on the rate at which leading banks are willing to lend to one another and is used as the basis for setting financial contracts around the

Various articles report on the trial of Tom Hayes, the UBS and Citi trader who allegedly rigged Libor rates. The former trader, nicknamed Rainman and Tommy Chocolate, said that everything he did was with complete transparency and that the CEO knew about his actions. The jury was advised that the 35-year old former Citi employee

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