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Taking heed of the increasing importance of ESG factors within the global financial system, as well as the desire by individual investors to have access to socially responsible investment alternatives, Tree Top Asset Management launched their “fund that cares” on 24 April in cooperation with the King Baudouin Foundation. Introducing a new approach to responsible

Following the 2008 financial crisis, a financial reform package aimed at preventing a recurrent crisis, addressing the so-called“too big to fail” issue and promoting financial stability, was enacted. This week the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act celebrates its fifth anniversary since US President Barack Obama signed it. Although some successes are recognised, the slow process of reform has also been at

In article published this morning, the Wall Street Journal covered BETTER FINANCE’s concerns on the performance of pension savings’ returns in the EU. The 2015 edition of our research report “Pension Savings: The Real Return”, which now covers 15 EU countries and represents 85% of the EU population, shows that “savers in [most] European countries are getting a raw

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:

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

Read this notice carefully as it may affect your legal rights This lawsuit alleges that Pretium and Quartermain released documents containing misrepresentations about the Company’s business and operations at its Brucejack Mine. The lawsuit further alleges that when the Company issued statements correcting these misrepresentations on October 9, and 22, 2013, the price of Pretium’s

European lawmakers have taken aim at the influence of the largest index fund managers. Last week the European Parliament cited OECD research and warned that higher levels of common ownership result in “hidden social cost and reduced product competition”. Sven Giegold, a Green MEP, called for action from the European Commission, saying that “the effects

As previously covered by BETTER FINANCE, shareholder activism is experiencing a new spring. As opposed to the aggressive nature of their forefathers, today`s activists put faith in cooperation and dialogue rather than conflict and public battles. While activist investors have traditionally been larger Wall Street heavyweights, it seems that this new emerging era of activism

2017 was one of the busiest years for shareholder activism, with more than twice the amount spent on campaigns in 2016. As the nature and scope of shareholder activism are undergoing dramatic changes, the negative connotations that accompanied shareholder activism in the 1980s could be a thing of the past. A decline in the aggressive

Whereas Shareholder rights have been reinforced in Europe (Shareholders Rights Directive), in the US, after several years of progress, it looks like they may be headed in the wrong direction.  Despite its title, the “Financial Choice Act” – the bill passed by the House of Representatives two weeks ago – is seen as a gift

The document serves as BETTER FINANCE response to selected questions of ESMA’s discussion paper on the implications of digitalisation for investor protection under MiFID II. The document “Discussion Paper on MiFID II investor protection topics linked to digitalisation” provided by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) focuses on various aspects of digitalisation in the

BETTER FINANCE supports FSUG’s COP28 statement, calling on the European Commission to ensure the green transition burden isn’t solely on citizens and communities. ⬇️ Read the full statement below ⬇️

As of July 1st, 2023, Guillaume Prache will step down as Managing Director and Aleksandra Mączyńska, currently Executive Director, will become Acting Managing Director. Matis Joab, currently Finance Officer, will become Executive Director. Aleksandra and Matis will form the Executive Team together with Arnaud Houdmont, who was named Director of Communication last March. In 2017,

10 February 2023 | As EU policymakers continue their negotiations on the MiFIR review, BETTER FINANCE is increasingly alarmed that the regulation could severely hurt retail investors, by putting in place a market structure further benefitting dark Systematic Internalisers (SIs). Ignoring the previous plea from BETTER FINANCE and going against the interests of retail investors,

BETTER FINANCE welcomes this call for evidence from ESMA on retail investor protection topics but regrets that it is confined to securities markets (MiFID II) topics only as these financial instruments make up for only a third of the financial balance sheets of EU27 households and in fact the smallest share of the three largest

In January, the market value of American video game and electronics retailer GameStop, driven by an “army” of “retail” investors[1], shot up from $1.4 billion to $33.7 billion.  This dramatic increase in stock price caused hedge funds that were shorting[2] GameStop to “suffer” significant losses and accuse retail investors of market manipulation. This standoff between

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

CONSOB, the Italian financial watchdog, invited me on November 8, 2019 to comment on their very interesting 2019 report on the behavior of Italian savers. Several findings were indeed thought-provoking. For example, 63% of Italian savers are loss averse according to the Report. However, their top choice (and more and more so) is bank accounts.

Inspections by the British accounting watchdog FCR have revealed that the overall quality of the work carried out by ”the big four” in the UK has not improved since last year and that none of them is meeting quality control standards. The regulator has criticised the auditors for routinely failing to challenge managers and for

The exposure of retail investors to crypto-assets has increased globally, leading to greater retail investor losses due to financial crime, fraud, money laundering, and under-regulated activities in the crypto-asset market. To address these challenges, BETTER FINANCE welcomes the policy recommendations for crypto and digital asset markets proposed by IOSCO. These recommendations aim to ensure a

Last week, the fund industry warned that “the EU is putting the interests of exchanges over investors”. A letter from EFAMA to the EU Authorities regarding the reform of EU rules on capital markets (“MIFIR Review” in EU jargon) opposes the compensation of securities exchanges for communicating their trade data to “dark” competitors and labels

Regulations on Markets in Crypto Assets and the EU Pilot Regime for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based market infrastructures BETTER FINANCE welcomes the initiatives and efforts of EU public authorities to accommodate emerging technologies in financial services whilst maintaining a safe and stable environment for consumers and financial services users to benefit from our single

Asset managers are urging Brussels to delay implementation of its landmark sustainable investing rules. The resistance from the investment industry shows the struggle and complexity between policymakers´ambitions to push for greener finances and the harsh reality of implementing a new financial system. The rules are expected to come into force in March 2021, a deadline

The European federation of retail investors, BETTER FINANCE, has criticised the new composition of stakeholder groups at the European supervisory authorities, branding it “a step backwards with regard to a balanced representation between industry and consumers in EU financial rulemaking.” Read the full article here.

The crisis- and Brexit-laden context have given the project new arguments to be on the European agenda. […] This is the second try for the Capital Markets Union (CMU). Europe had launched this project five years ago with the idea of supporting the financing of the economy via the capital markets. […] There is now

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),

Digitalisation and new technologies are significantly transforming the European financial system and the way it provides financial services to Europe’s businesses and citizens. Key areas of reflection include deepening the Single Market for digital financial services, promoting a data-driven financial sector in the EU while addressing its risks and ensuring a true level playing field,

The EU’s nascent sustainable funds label has been amended after being described as ‘too ambitious and not achievable’ […] The Ecolabel is an existing EU certification awarded to a range of products which meet high environmental standards aimed at end consumers. The scheme is being extended to include financial products for the first time to

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