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With the entire world in the grip of an unprecedented pandemic, governments around the world struggle to bring the devastating Coronavirus under control, save lives and alleviate overburdened health systems. Unfortunately, the necessary health, quarantine and social distancing measures implemented to fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, are taking their toll on economies around the world.

Below please find the European Commission Reply to the Open Letter by BETTER FINANCE and its members against any postponement of the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II.

In a letter to European commissioners, BETTER FINANCE said that investors would have to wait another full general meeting period to be able to exercise their voting right if SRD II’s implementation is postponed. As a number of stakeholders are demanding the commission to postpone the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II),

The heads of European and Member State organisations representing individual shareholders across Europe sent an Open Letter to the European Commission opposing lobbying attempts by powerful financial intermediaries to postpone the implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II. BETTER FINANCE, Asociata Utilizatorilor Romani de Servicii Financiare (AURSF), Associacao dos Investidores e Analistas Técnicos do Mercado de

While voters are called upon to vote today in the UK to provide (or not) Theresa May with a strong majority government for the up-coming negotiations with the EU, asset managers seem increasingly  worried about the access to investors in the EU when the UK finally leaves the EU common market. In a poll taken

Following the 2008 financial crisis and the extremely damaging ensuing bailout of several financial institutions, governments decided it was no longer up to taxpayers to foot the bill of mismanaged banks  (“bail-OUT”, meaning by OUTsiders), and to move to a “bail–IN” approach (making “INsiders” pay instead). This led to the EU BRRD (Bank Recovery and

The EU proposal to regulate money market funds (MMFs) was postponed to the next European Parliament. The vote was scheduled for last week’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee meeting in Strasboug but it was abandoned following opposition from the right wing. The controversial regulation, proposed last year by the European Commission, was said to potentially

The voting on the European Commission’s proposal on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts scheduled for today was postponed to 30 January and an agreement on new rules for regulating benchmarks such as the Libor or Euribor indices is no longer expected to be reached during the current parliamentary term.  In September 2013, following

The International Regulatory Strategy Group will propose a bespoke pact between the E.U. and the U.K. in order to maintain reciprocal market access rights for financial institutions after the Article 50 deadline (March 2019). Following the EU’s Third-Country Regimes and Alternatives to Passporting report on the objectives the U.K. Government should focus on obtaining from

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

How to protect your savings and avoid crisis risks.

In response to the global financial crisis, the EU started working towards a safer financial sector for the EU single market, triggering changes to European financial legislation and to the financial supervisory architecture. The single rulebook for all financial actors in the EU was enhanced, comprising stronger prudential requirements for banks, improved protection for depositors

The Commission is launching a public consultation, gathering evidence to create a safer financial sector for the EU single market. Click bellow to read Better Finance feedback on why it’s important for retail users to make sure there is adequate depositor protection shielding them from the effects of bank failures.

The centre-left political group in the European Parliament, the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), are leading a proposal to reject the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Quick Fix in tomorrow’s vote in the European Parliament’s full plenary. Based on the S&D’s latest press release on the matter, Finnish MEP and S&D negotiator on the MiFID Quick-Fix 

During a vote in the European Parliament’s committee on economic affairs on a proposed quick fix to the so-called Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), the centre-left S&D party abstained.  With this proposal, the European Commission aimed to make some amendments to the MiFID regime, in order to address the impact of the Covid-19 crisis

The events unfolding during the first half of 2020 have shifted the interest of investors, issuers and corporate attitudes towards investments with a clear take on environmental, social and governance aspects. This comes as an attempt by participants and bond issuers alike to better respond to the COVID-19 crisis, translating into a surge in sustainable

European Commission Press Release – This document reflects the outcome of the high level dialogue between all participants of two round-tables on best practices organised in May and June 2020 by the European Commission in light of the COVID19 crisis. All participants agree to continue the dialogue on the COVID19 crisis and its impacts in

Brussels, 22 May 2020 – With the current crisis calling for a tightening of the link between employees and their companies, especially in the case of SMEs, BETTER FINANCE’s member organisation  EFES, the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership, launched a concrete proposal on how to co-opt Employee Share Ownership (ESO) to help fund companies

Following the Covid-19 outbreak and its effect on financial markets, BETTER FINANCE was quoted in different European press outlets on the need to keep markets open and the difficulties facing index funds in these difficult times.” So, what kind of resilience can we expect from “trackers” in a market that’s in freefall, down by 40% in

DWS, a German asset manager, has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for $19 million. This settlement is over greenwashing allegations and is the SEC’s highest penalty related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria against an investment adviser. An additional $6 million penalty was imposed for anti-money laundering violations, totaling $25

BETTER FINANCE expresses concern over Deutsche Bank’s disclosure of missing Russian shares. The bank recently revealed a shortfall in the shares underlying depositary receipts (DRs), further increasing the challenges for European investors seeking to recover their investments in Russian listed companies, especially individual non-professional ones. DRs are used in international stock trading as a means

The European Commission today published its long-awaited proposal on the digital euro, marking a significant milestone in the digitalisation of public money. The document sets the stage for a democratic debate, as the project moves from its investigation phase by the European Central Bank to the chambers of the European Parliament and the Council. Cash,

The European Commission published a legislative proposal for a regulation on European green bonds, which is supposed to become the high quality voluntary European Green Bond Standard. Its intention is to use the potential of the single market for achieving the EU’s climate and environmental goals in a more efficient way.

There is a growing wave of ESG regulation and an increasing need for ESG reporting – nationally, regionally and internationally. In Europe, ESG rating and data providers are indicative of an immature but growing market, which has seen the emergence of a small number of large non-EU headquartered providers.

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) created the International Sustainability Standards Board “to provide the global financial markets with high-quality disclosures on climate and other sustainability issues.” As part of its work, the ISSB published two exposure drafts on climate-related disclosures and geenral requirements for disclosure of sustainbility-related financial information.

The Corporate Sustainbility Reporting Directive mandates for the creation of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which require companies in scope to report on a full range of sustainbility information (environmental, social and governance). EFRAG is expected to deliver its final draft ESRS to the European Commission in November 2022. The standards are aimed at ensuring

It is part of an initiative first mooted in the Commission’s September 2020 Capital Markets Union Action Plan and designed, among other things, to “increase consumer participation in capital markets.” The the level of retail investor participation in EU capital markets remains very low. The strategy is aimed to ease difficulties for retail investors in

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