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On 11 October, Sven Giegold (member of the European Parliament’s ECON Committee) reacted to the European Commission’s (EC) communication on the completion of the Banking Union (BU) in a Post on his blog. In particular, Giegold criticises the proposed interim steps to be taken in order to pass from the 1st to the 2nd phase

BETTER FINANCE of course shares the view of MEP Sven Giegold that financial markets must serve consumers and end-users, and welcomes the European Parliament’s ECON Committee focus on the mis-selling of financial products. BETTER FINANCE experiences that the mis-selling of saving and investment products is a major issue of enforcement and supervision as several key

Democracy International, ALTER-EU, Corporate Europe Observatory and other civil society organisations have persistently been reporting on the new rules that entered into force in November 2014 stipulating that lobby meetings involving European Commission officials must be reported. The new rules are aimed at improving the transparency of EU decision making. To this end, the Commission

Earlier today, the European Commission released its Green Paper on Capital Markets Union, thereby launching a public consultation on an EU-wide single market for capital. As one of the first figures to give a public statement regarding the Green Paper, Sven Giegold, MEP for the Greens/European Free Alliance, advises to strengthen European values instead of

La educación financiera es una herramienta altamente eficaz para poder dar a conocer los productos y servicios ofrecidos por el sector financiero. Ser consumidores críticos y responsables precisa del conocimiento de las ventajas y desventajas de los servicios contratados. En este sentido, los jóvenes precisan de una especial protección en relación con los servicios financieros.

On November 6, Better Finance´s Slovenian Member Organisation,  the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders Association (VZMD), sent an appeal to the Slovenian Government regarding its 6th Anti-Corona Package (PKP6) to warn them about the risk of including a controversial provision that would exclude the possibility for shareholders and small savers to contest resolutions made at virtual and electronic

France’s top financial regulator has urged Europe to move faster on setting common standards for environmental, social and governance investing to prevent widespread “greenwashing”. According to Robert Ophèle, chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the explosion in interest in ESG and the absence of EU-wide rules governing what constitutes a sustainable fund left Europe

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

On 12 November the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted a draft regulation limiting charges for cross-border payments within the EU and for currency conversion services by a broad cross-party majority. Such a regulation would mean that regardless of the currency, the same fees as for national payments within the EU will be

BETTER FINANCE`s 2017 study on the Mis-selling of Financial Products put mis-selling on the radar of the EP, with five recent ECON studies referencing the study as well as quoting BETTER FINANCE`s extensive work on the subject. Also quoted was BETTER FINANCE`s  replication of the 2016 ESMA study on closet indexing. Although the fact that

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