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The European Federation of Employee Share Ownership acts as the umbrella organisation of employee shareholders and all companies, persons, trade unions, experts, researchers, institutions looking to promote employee ownership and participation in Europe. EFES in turn has many member organisations from civil society including trade unions and other employee organisations. EFES is an associate member

On the 7th of February 2017, Guillaume Prache, Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE, Gunnar Ek from Aktiespararna and Marc Mathieu, Secretary General of the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership will be speaking at a roundtable organized by the European Commission’s Directorate General FISMA.   The roundtable will be organized in three sessions with the first

EFES, the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership and BETTER FINANCE’s member organization, published yesterday a table listing all recent policy decisions regarding employee share ownership in European countries. Its results called for the remarks of Marc Mathieu, Secretary General of the EFES: "The democratization of employee ownership is emerging as a key element of recovery and

Faced with the risk of “regulatory capture”, six civil society co-signatories representing “small” savers and “minority” investors call on the President of the French Republic to reconsider the governance of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) The representatives of “l’Association Éthique et Investissement”, FAIR, Deontofi, RéseauCEP, “l’Association pour le Patrimoine et l’Actionnariat Individuel” and the “Fédération

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

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

BETTER FINANCE supports the appeal from EFES, the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership, to all European governments & institutions to urgently consider the benefits of Employee Share Ownership (ESO) in countering the inevitable fallout from the fiscal measures employed to combat the Covid-19 crisis. BETTER FINANCE signed the EFES appeal below: Employee Share Ownership

For decades, tech mavens in the U.S. have used fiscally advantageous stock options for employees to spur innovation, rewarding employee contribution with unprecedented wealth. Unlike in Silicon Valley, where equity incentive plans have become as ubiquitous as foosball tables and midday yoga sessions, the options culture has yet to take root in many European countries

BETTER FINANCE stands fully behind the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (EFES) – one of its member organizations – in its response to the European Commission’s proposed restructuring. The European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (EFES), the voice of employee share ownership in Europe, urged the European Commission to retain European employee share ownership

Ten German associations have recently issued a joint call for action to promote employee share ownership in Germany, drawing attention the "urgent need to bring it out of its niche". The call was co-signed by DSW – Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V., German member organisation of BETTER FINANCE and the largest association representing private investors in

BETTER FINANCE and its member, the Lithuanian Investors Association (LIA) took note of the Lithuanian Parliament report shedding light on the responsibility of major Scandinavian banks in the 2009-2010 financial crisis in the Baltic States. In Lithuania, where GDP fell by almost 15% as of 2009, the parliamentary investigation reflects LIA’s position on the role

For years now BETTER FINANCE has been calling for Capital Markets to be returned to their natural participants: European households and EU Citizens as individual long-term savers and investors. Robo-advice could pave the way for their return, provided the platforms abide by EU investor protection rules and comply with basic requirements such as fair, transparent,

Brussels, 12 November 2019 – More than five years ago, the EU laid the foundation for a Capital Markets Union that would, at last, create the single market for capital foreseen 62 years ago in the Treaty of Rome, develop capital market funding for the real economy and provide better returns for EU citizens as

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

Factors influencing the number of new listings/IPOs in Sweden Paper presented to the Policy Committee of ecoDa, January 2022                                                                                                                   According to the EU Commission’s report “Primary and secondary equity markets in the EU” Sweden has had a unique development of the number of new listings/IPOs between 2010 and 2018 compared to all other member

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the objectives of the Listing Act review put forward by the European commission to make EU Capital Markets more attractive for companies, particularly for SMEs.[1] Investor associations have long emphasised that to revitalise the Capital Markets Union, the EU’s primary and secondary markets need a boost, that is, greater participation from EU

BETTER FINANCE released its updated report on the progress of the European Capital Markets Union (CMU), and the results are discouraging. The report analyses the first five key performance indicators (KPIs) used to assess the progress of the CMU, and adds two additional KPIs to reflect developments in EU capital markets. The report is based

ESMA’s Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms in their names propose the use of quantitative thresholds whereby “if an investment fund has any ESG-, or impact-related words in its name, a minimum proportion of 80% of its investments should be used to meet the environmental or social characteristics or sustainable investment objectives…”

BETTER FINANCE is very pleased to welcome Sébastien Commain to the BETTER FINANCE Team in Brussels where he has started in his new role as Research and Policy Officer. As part of the BETTER FINANCE Research and Policy team, Sébastien will focus on Financial Services Regulation and Capital Markets Research. Sébastien has extensive experience with

Keynote address by Jella Benner-Heinacher on market structures, “retail” investors, and payments for order flows (PFOF) Thank you for the invitation and congratulations to FESE to organize such an impressive conference in Prague. I would have loved to be personally in this beautiful city of Prague but unfortunately, I can only attend virtually. Nevertheless, I

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,

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomed the European Commission’s launch of a Retail Investor Strategy in September 2020, as a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a capital markets Union that works for people. Nevertheless, the legislative proposal, despite incorporating certain positive advancements, falls short of fulfilling several

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