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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

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

On 19 October 2023, BETTER FINANCE together with BEUC, Finance Watch and WWF, published a public letter addressed to Ms. Yon-Courtin and to the European Parliament’s shadow rapporteurs, expressing disappointment in the Omnibus and PRIIPs draft report in the Retail Investment Strategy file. ➡ BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on the Retail Investment Strategy ➡ BETTER

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the proposal for the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) put forward by the European Commission (EC) on 24 May 2023. We fully share the goals that the EC pursues with this initiative ‘rules that are coherent across legal instruments’; ‘adequate protection’‘bias-free advice and fair treatment’; ‘open markets with a variety of competitive and

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, has published a position paper on the European Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) proposals. The organisation fully supports the EC’s RIS objectives: consistent rules, enhanced retail investor protection, unbiased advice, competitive financial markets, and transparent and comparable product information. The RIS constitutes a once-in-a-lifetime

  The roundtable on the distribution of retail financial products will bring together representatives of key industry and consumer stakeholders. This meeting aims to launch a reflection on issues related to the retail investments market’s current practices, as well as relevant technological and societal trends. ‘Interventions by stakeholders’ will take place between 9:10 – 10:00

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

BETTER FINANCE calls for restricting “dark” capital market venues to REAL Large-in-scale (LIS) trades, i.e., of more than €100k each, to really prevent them from dealing with “retail” orders. Current Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) proposals “surreal” and don’t respond to citizens’ questions. A real-time pre-trade Consolidated Tape (CT) of equity order books will put

In a Financial Times article on the 24th of April 2023, BETTER FINANCE commented on the rise of self-directed investment and ETF savings plans in the EU. Neobrokers like Trade Republic, Scalable Capital, and Bux are driving the adoption of ETFs by European investors, offering lower costs, improved accessibility, and attracting new participants. BlackRock estimates

A few weeks ago Steve Johnson in an article in the Financial Times pointed out that billions of dollars are being wasted on investment advice. According to research carried out by the Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, pension funds and other large investors are wasting billions of dollars a year on worthless advice from investment

According to the latest Nomura Global Markets Research report, investment consultants do not add value in terms of fund selection. Criticism arose amid concerns over their cost and their worth to the industry, with the report concluding that investment consultants can find themselves pushed out of some markets. “The tortoise and the hare: passive is the new

Back in November 2017 we formed an Alliance to voice our disappointment with the European Commission’s proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), and to make proposals to remedy the situation. The Alliance reiterated its main concerns in a joint statement in July 2018, following the report on the review by the

For some years now, robo advisers have been on the rise among private investors and savers. According to a report from Deutsche Bank, automated advisory services in Europe reached 14 billion euros of assets under management last year. That is still modest when compared to the 150 billion dollars managed by American robo consultants and

In March 2015, the FCA launched the Asset Management Market Study with the purpose of increasing transparency on charges, eliminating conflicts of interests and restoring savers’ trust in the asset management industry.  Following two years of investigation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) concludes that asset managers must overhaul their charging structures and improve their governance

Guillaume Prache, Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE, was quoted in the De Tijd newspaper on the recent agreement reached by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on MiFID II. Representing the voice of the small investors in Europe, Mr. Prache considers the Directive relative to investors "disappointing" since "the only redeeming feature is

The Financial Times reported today (September 26 2014) that European Commission president-elect Jean-Claude Juncker has deprived Lord Hill, the likely future EU financial services Commissioner, of the responsibility for overseeing remuneration policy, just a week after handing the job to the British. It is said that, in a bid to appease critics in the European Parliament, Juncker decided to put Ms Věra Jourová – commissioner-to-be

According to a new research by Evercore Pan-Asset, investment managers of UK pensions funds are “wasting” more than 6 billion pounds a year by investing in actively managed equity, bond and property funds rather than cheap and better performing passive funds. The greater difference between the average gulf passive and active and the fees alone

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