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Epargne retraite France : La gouvernance du COREM (ex CREF) pourrait enfin s’améliorer … 21 ans après sa création et la destruction de plus de moitié de la valeur réelle des droits de ses adhérents 4 février 2003 | Une demande répétée des épargnants depuis plus de 20 ans enfin satisfaite ? Le COREM vient d’annoncer qu’à

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

In September 2015 the European Commission adopted an Action Plan setting out a list of over 30 actions and related measures to establish a Capital Market Union (CMU) by 2019. Despite the progress that has been made to date, Europe’s capital markets remain fragmented along national lines. The risk, with issues such as Brexit and the European

Closing Speech by Guillaume Prache at the Sustainable Value for Money Conference on 20 November 2019 — Download the PDF version here — BETTER FINANCE strongly supports the ambitions, the strong focus and considerable efforts of the EC with respect to sustainable finance. In particular: The so called “taxonomy” which we ask to be fact

Earlier this year, in March, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reiterated the regulatory requirement for firms to “treat customers fairly” and put the wellbeing of their customers at the heart of how they run their businesses. Apparently the message did not fall on deaf ears since a few weeks later the investment management

A breakthrough agreement between lawmakers from the European Parliament and EU member states on a resolution mechanism for failed banks was reached on the evening of December 11. The EU settled on the Single Resolution Mechanism according to which private investors in banks and the banking sector as a whole will be required to bear

Dear Members, Yesterday afternoon we learned that our efforts of the last few months paid off. On Wednesday 20 November, the European Parliament voted on a proposal for a Key Information Document (KID) aimed at addressing a chronic lack of transparency in terms of charges, performance, and risks for customers and end-users of financial products.

Juan Manuel Viver, Policy Officer at BETTER FINANCE, reacts to the launch by Lord Hill of the Green Paper on retail financial services in a video released by EU Reporter. Viver underlines the importance of turning our attention to consumers as well, since the Commission focused on stabilizing the financial sector after the crisis but

Guillaume Prache enjoyed the rare privilege of being invited by the European Commission and the European Central Bank to address a conference on financial stability and the Banking Union on 27 April. For the occasion, he reiterated BETTER FINANCE’s conditional support for the Single Supervisory (SSM) and Single Resolution (SSM) Mechanisms. Without forgetting that financial

At the time of writing the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg is still examining the legitimacy of the 2013 decision by the Bank of Slovenia to expropriate all holders of subordinated bonds and shares in recapitalised Slovenian banks. Although few refer to it as such, the wiping out of shareholders’

Thank you very much for the kind invitation from QED to put forward the users’ views. My intervention will be short and not exhaustive; I will focus on those points of higher relevance for financial services users. First of all, I would like to refer some brief words to BETTER FINANCE: – European Federation of

By Arnaud Houdmont, Chief Communications Officer Only since the eruption of the financial crisis in 2007, and the outrageously expensive bailouts of banks and economies, has the public at large started understanding to what extent their countries are utterly indebted. It has become clear that nearly every government in Europe and in the United States has

In general, those who seek sustainable investing gain a more holistic view of the companies they support, which can help mitigate risk and identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Before investing, you should carefully examine which of the above approaches and which product best suits you and your needs. For example, are ecological aspects of

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

Why should you care about sustainable investing ?

In June 2020, the Wirecard scandal unraveled, generating unprecedented retail investor detriment worth about €20 billion. BETTER FINANCE reacted, labelling it an “outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and supervisory failures”[1] and calling for an urgent reform of EU Audit Rules. The responsibility and liability of the external auditor is at stake. More than

 

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