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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

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

When the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the application of the Undertakings in Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive on 29 April 2019, BETTER FINANCE was happy to find that ESMA heeded our calls to better address various disclosure issues and closet indexing in general. The

European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users in short « BETTER FINANCE » ASBL Rue d`Arenberg 44 1000 Brussels Name, legal status, term and legal domicile Art. 1 The name of the not for profit Association is “European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users”, in short “Better Finance” (the Association). Art. 2 The

Some good news for European citizens as a new piece of E.U. legislation becomes applicable across the single market, constituting another step for further monetary and financial integration of European economies. Following the application of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR), as of January 13th the revised Payment Services

On the 23rd of March, as part of the FinTech conference, the European Commission has launched its Action Plan for Retail Services. This Action Plan sets out ways to provide European consumers with greater choice and better access to financial services across the EU.  In this Action Plan, the Commission highlights the importance of technology

A new report by the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has found that many UK private investors are unaware of the different shareholding options available and the shareholder rights attached to each option. There are three main ways shares can be held in companies: Certificated – you hold a paper share certificate as

Following similar announcement by the Banque de France and the Chinese Central Bank, the European Banking Authority warned today of the risks consumers run by using virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. In a formal warning on a series of risks deriving from buying holding or trading virtual currencies such as Bitcoins, the European Banking Authority

According to Guillaume Prache, "the younger generations do not turn to their bank clerk for savings advice”. “We are witnessing the emergence of a large multifaceted consulting sector online, . Alongside the sites of the traditional players of the finance world, there are now purely online services. The rapid development of FinTech – the practice

BETTER FINANCE welcomes and supports EIOPA’s ongoing work on a supervisory toolkit to assess the value for money offered by unit linked and hybrid insurance products. Since its creation, BETTER FINANCE has been fighting for regulatory and supervisory action to improve the returns of long-term and pension saving products. As BETTER FINANCE research shows, high

BETTER FINANCE endorses the FSUG’s call for improved ‘Value for Money’ in retail investments. The focus is on enhancing the effectiveness of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) to contribute significantly to investors’ financial well-being. The FSUG emphasises the responsibility of product manufacturers to design products that boost investors’ financial wealth and urges supervisors

The Financial Services User Group (FSUG) welcomes the ongoing legislative and supervisory works aiming to improve the ‘Value for Money’ that retail investors obtain from their packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). The FSUG argues that ensuring retail investment products are effectively designed to increase the financial wealth of investors should be amongst the

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE’s Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, the economy, and for future generations. This will ensure Europe’s prosperity and security in a rapidly

MyFairMoney is an independent, non-commercial project and is supported by several public funders. It provides tools and resources to help you invest your savings more sustainably. You can search for sustainble funds and impact aligned products across the EU.

On 23 March, MEPs Isabel Benjumea and Stéphanie Yon-Courtin addressed the Global Money Week webinar on “Investor Education in times of High Inflation, Financial Repression & Market Volatility” jointly organised by BETTER FINANCE and EFAMA. Please find their respective full speeches below. Excerpts: Isabel Benjumea: “Investor education is a key tool for the completion of

Would you agree with the assessment that certain products that are offered to consumers do not offer Value for Money? If yes: a) how significant a problem would you consider this to be? b) for which products/market segments is this problem particularly relevant? To begin with, BETTER FINANCE firmly suggests providing clear definitions for key concepts,

For the ninth year in a row, BETTER FINANCE embarked on the herculean task of gathering all the data on long-term and pension savings in 17 EU Member States and published its annual report on the real net returns of long-term and retirement savings. Unfortunately, the “Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings” Report remains

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