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In a letter to the European Commission’s Directorate General in charge of Financial Stability, Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) dated 20 June 2020, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) informed that one of their respective Supervisory Boards did not approve the draft level 2 regulatory technical standards  (RTS) for the Delegated Regulation on key

Brussels, 31 July 2020 – In a letter to the European Commission’s Directorate General in charge of Financial Stability, Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) dated 20 June 2020, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) informed that one of their respective Supervisory Boards did not approve the draft level 2 regulatory technical standards  (RTS) for

PRESS RELEASE The Report of the High-Level Forum on the European Capital Markets Union (CMU): European Savers one step closer to getting Sustainable Value for their Money Brussels, 10 June 2020 – A little over 6 months after the European Commission (EC) launched its High-Level Forum (HLF) on the Future of CMU, the group of

Brussels, 26 November 2019 – On 18 November 2019, the European Commission (EC) announced the composition of its high-level forum on the Capital Markets Union (CMU). 28 experts from the business and finance sectors, civil society and other non-public sector institutions will provide support and insights towards the Commission’s goal of further developing and finalising

On December 3rd, the Bulgarian Financial Forum, a member organisation of BETTER FINANCE, held an event to discuss “Alternative solutions to the banking crisis”. The conference gathered not only a large number of legal and financial professionals but also a broader public interested in the topic. High-level speakers presented alternatives views to the mainstream narrative

Accountants and their regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, are under fire following the Queen Counsel’s George Bompas suggestion that “the legal cornerstone underpinning the entire edifice of bank accounting is defective”. The Times newspaper had access to Mr George Bompas’s legal opinion dated August 14 strongly criticising the work of accountants at the top of the profession. The senior lawyer commissioned by the

On September 9, 10 & 11, Eurofi held its annual Financial Forum in Luxembourg, in association with the forthcoming Luxembourg EU Council Presidency. The event focused on the integration challenges that the EU and the Eurozone face, bringing together industry representatives, regulators and political decision makers. Guillaume Prache, Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, participated in the event as a speaker

On 12 & 13 September 2013 Eurofi is organising an event in Vilnius in association with the Lithuanian EU Presidency for an audience of public and industry representatives. The aim of this Forum will be to facilitate open and interactive discussions between public decision-makers and leaders of the financial industry on the major on-going reforms

XI International Convention of Independent Financial Advisers (CIFA) Forum on 24th to 26th April 2013  in Monaco. The Forum aims at tackling the overarching question if the world banking system can be reformed. A variety of panels, seminars and workshops are foreseen over the two days event, and EuroFinUse will represent the point of view

Depuis quelques jours, le gouvernement parle ouvertement de nationaliser éventuellement des entreprises afin d’assurer leur pérennité. La F2iC juge cette démarche particulièrement malvenue et ce pour deux raisons: En quoi une nationalisation va-t-ellepermettre la survie d’une entreprise? L’argent utilisé par l’Etat pour racheter les actions ne sera pas injecté dans les opérations. De plus, l’Etat

DATE Publication and Article Title (with links) 26/01/2018 FT – Slippage causes confusion in Mifid II fund rules row 05/02/2018 Les Echos – La réforme de l’épargne-retraite divise les professionnels 08/02/2018 La Libre – PRIIPs  Un règlement qui trompe linvestisseur 14/02/2018 Law360 – Blocwide Pensions Don’t Prevent Dangers, Groups Warn 04/03/2018 Financial News – Asset

The European Commission’s Expert Group on Corporate Bonds issued its final report on improving European corporate bond markets. “Liquid, transparent and accessible corporate bonds markets in Europe would benefit both real economy entreprises and individual investors as a performing alternative to fee-laden packaged retail bond products such as retail bond funds. BETTER FINANCE regrets that

Representing 5,500 Fortis shareholders, Deminor – a leading European company focusing on shareholder engagement and investor protection – has been given the green light to carry on its lawsuit against Ageas, BNP Paribas Fortis and Merrill Lynch. A judgment by the Belgian Commercial Court recognized the admissibility of the Deminor litigation. Deminor accuses the three

Individual investors never agreed with the dismantling of Fortis and are now asking for compensation. The francophone court of Brussels will handle the case with more than 5 billion euro at stake. The issues under investigation are the dismantling of Fortis and the sale of a part of the former bank. More than 1000 shareholders

Lundi 23 mars 2015, la FAIDER (Fédération des Associations Indépendantes de Défense des Epargnants pour la Retraite) organise les États généraux de l’épargne retraite à la Maison de la Chimie à Paris pour son 10ième anniversaire. La conférence discutera de la place pour l’épargne retraite, nouvelles pistes pour l’épargne retraite, ainsi que du cadrage économique et d’une

Following a recent decision by a Dutch court, aggrieved Fortis shareholders are entitled to damages under Dutch law. Stichting Fortis Effect, which represents some Fortis shareholders who suffered damages following the nationalisation of the former Dutch bank in September 2008, won its appeal against Ageas (formerly Fortis), but lost against the Dutch State. Ageas and Fortis

Transparency Task Force is holding an online event, to draw attention to the collective redress action by Stichting Investor Loss Compensation (SILC) for individual Airbus investors who have incurred damages, and to discuss the “Power of Class Actions to get Justice”. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 4th, between 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM

Il y a 4 principaux types d’investissements : espèces, obligations, immobilier et actions. Dans cette vidéo, BETTER FINANCE & INVESTAS dévoilent tout ce qu’il y à savoir sur les investissements en actions. La vidéo, ainsi que l’explication ci-dessous vise à vous fournir les outils de base pour analyser les différents aspects des sociétés dans lesquelles

BETTER FINANCE and BEUC published a Joint Public Letter concerning the collective redress file in light of the recently published Final Report of the High-Level Forum on the Future of the Capital Markets Union, reaffirming the necessity of creating a pan-EU collective redress mechanism that does not exclude European citizens as financial consumers and individual

Pourquoi investir en actions? Il y a 4 principaux types d’investissements : espèces, obligations, immobilier et actions. Dans cette vidéo, BETTER FINANCE & INVESTAS dévoilent tout ce qu’il y à savoir sur les investissements en actions. La vidéo, ainsi que l'explication ci-dessous vise à vous fournir les outils de base pour analyser les différents aspects

On the 13th and 14th September, an informal ECOFIN reunion discussed the “Union’s priorities in the field of the capital markets union for the next institutional cycle” based on the Finnish Presidency’s issues note on the matter. Put simply, the Finnish Presidency identified hurdles to the development of the Capital Markets Union and proposed priority

BETTER FINANCE has long advocated for an EU-wide collective redress mechanism for all financial services users, including small and individual shareholders or employee shareholders, and provided support to consumer organisations in collective redress schemes in the field of financial services (such as Fortis, Volkswagen AG). BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a

An EU-wide collective redress mechanism for all financial services users such as savers, retail investors, life insurance policy holders, pension fund participants, small and individual shareholders or employee shareholders is more than needed. The right to redress and the right to access to justice is especially important in the area of financial services as financial

Late March the EC published its proposal for cheaper euro transaction costs and fairer currency conversions within the Union. The proposal will considerably reduce fees on transactions, extending the current euro-area regime to non-euro countries, as well as limit currency conversions abroad. While in the past an euro-area consumer could end up transferring a total

The Regulation on cross-border payments equalised fees for cross-border and national payments in euro within the EU. However, payments involving currencies of EU Member States other than the euro are not covered by the Regulation, unless Member States extended the regulation to their national currency on a voluntary basis. The Regulation gives the option to

Saving Banco Popular… On the 7th of June, the European Commission approved the rules for the rescue plan of Banco Popular proposed by the Single Resolution Board under the EU bank recovery and resolution directive. The Bank was sold to Santander for a symbolic €1. The Commission endorsed the resolution scheme because the conditions for

The resources are aimed to inform on consumer credits, loans and other financial services legislations.

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the Delegated act obligations for certain large undertakings to publish non-financial information. The rules set out in the delegated act clarify and allow for the translation of the technical screening criteria of the Climate Delegated Act (and the future Environmental Delegated Act) into quantitative economic performance indicators that will need to be

“Behavioural finance experts [at Oxford Risk] have found financial advisers can give “remarkably different” advice from each other to the same clients based on factors including sleep or how long since the adviser last ate.” They said that recommendations “were closer to totally random than totally consistent” and were, furthermore, dependent on advisors’ personal characteristics

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BETTER FINANCE was mentioned in an article made by the newspaper Déontofi concerning the life insurance in Europe. Read the full article in french here. 

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The EU has been working on a framework for third-pillar personal pension products (PPPs) for quite some time now. In July 2012, the Commission requested the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) to provide technical advice to develop an EU Single Market for personal pension schemes. In February 2014, EIOPA delivered a preliminary report.

In a recent Financial Times article, Guillaume Prache, Senior advisor at BETTER FINANCE, criticizes the use of Article 8 funds in sustainable investing. He argues that increasing the minimum sustainable investment percentage in these funds is ineffective and prone to greenwashing. These funds often oversimplify sustainability as mere ‘green activities’ and predominantly use an exclusion

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