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On 3 June 2021 BETTER FINANCE wrote to Commissioner McGuinnes on behalf of the EU citizens who act or could act as individual non-professional (called “retail” in MiFID) investors with regard to the European Commission’s projects on consolidated tape (“CT”) and the impact assessment to be finalized soon. BETTER FINANCE appreciates the firm stand by

BETTER FINANCE replied to the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority’s (EIOPA) public consultation on open insurance, focused on access to and sharing of insurance-related data. In its Discussion Paper, EIOPA explores questions on whether and how far insurance value chains should be ‘opened’ up by the sharing of insurance-related and specific policyholder data amongst

Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE [1] found that online equity market data published by the four largest EU equity markets (in 2019, according to ESMA) are de facto not or just partially accessible to non-professional users.[2] Equity trading venues (Regulated

Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE found that online equity market data published by the four largest EU equity markets in 2019 are de facto not or just partially accessible to non-professional users. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Yesterday Oxera released a report entitled “The design of equity trading markets in Europe – An economic analysis of price formation and market data services” commissioned by the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE). Through this research, FESE is seeking to inform the debate on the design of equity trading markets in Europe, particularly when

Effective date: January 10, 2024 Update privacy preferences BETTER FINANCE ("us", "we", or "our") operates the https://betterfinance.eu website (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to

In line with the Commission’s proposal to introduce a Pan-European Pensions Product to supplement the low pension replacement rate for European citizens (see the BETTER FINANCE Pensions Report 2017), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) proposed a single framework allowing for regular reporting requests on occupational pension funds in EU Member States (see

Annex 1C BETTER FINANCE helps investors identify potential falsely active funds (“closet indexers”), and asks regulators to investigate further: It replicated the ESMA study on closet indexing and identified up to 165 equity “UCITS” funds that could potentially be closet indexers. Annex 1.A – List of All Funds (2332 funds) Annex 1.B – List of

The change in EU privacy rules, which would make it harder for lenders to collect and keep personal data, prompted a lobbying campaign against this move by banks. These maintain that the law would make it more difficult for them to detect fraud or automatically grant loans and would hurt online services. However, BEUC, the

Six years after the EU MiFID Directive fragmented the European equity markets, private investors still cannot get consolidated pre- and post-trade data. The solution preferred by the Commission and by the European Parliament seems to be going nowhere. EuroFinUse is very concerned that the EU has and is still losing a lot of time and

BETTER FINANCE believes that the European Commission should not further diminish the ambition of ESRS. At the very least, there should be a set of mandatory disclosure requirements (such as GHG emissions) irrespective of materiality assessments made by companies.

The European Commission has issued the Delegated Act on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to enhance transparency in sustainability reporting by companies. However, it faces criticism for weakening key aspects of the initial proposal by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) and neglecting vital concerns. Critics

BETTER FINANCE, as an independent financial expertise center serving European financial services users, represents millions of individual investors in Europe who stand to benefit from the draft non-financial reporting Standards developed by EFRAG. BETTER FINANCE welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Delegated Act (DA) by the European Commission concerning the European Sustainability

Transparency Task Force will hold a webinar about financial reporting, covering themes such as “Get real about financial reporting” and “The Financialisaton of Financial Reporting”. Stakeholders and experts will talk about “smoke and mirrors” and “conjuring tricks” and “insurance companies trading insolvent” and “Solvency 2 reforms”, amongst others. Addressing the inadequacies of financial reporting, the

The International Integrated Reporting Council was formed in 2010 and is entirely principles-based. According to the joint statement, while the GRI, SASB, CDP and CDSB set the frameworks and standards for sustainability disclosure, the IIRC provides the integrated reporting framework to connect sustainability disclosure with financial disclosure. It essentially sees itself as the convenor of

Under the European Commission’s proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) are currently developed. From April until August 2022 EFRAG consulted on the first set of draft ESRS. Finalised versions – adopted through Delegated Acts by the European Commission – will constitute reporting requirements under the proposed CSRD. The

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) created the first global, third party sustainability and social impact measurement standards in 1997. The newest GRI Standards provide three sets (economic, environmental, and social) of 34 topic-specific standards to help companies report on material ESG issues to their investors and other stakeholders. GRI has no central oversight function – but

BETTER FINANCE published a letter accompanying its response to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) on its draft EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). In light of the proposals put forward by EFRAG, BETTER FINANCE would like to draw attention to the overarching themes that will ensure investors receive understandable, comparable, and reliable information which

Today, BETTER FINANCE, the leading advocate for European citizens as investors, savers, shareholders, and financial services users, unveils its manifesto ahead of the upcoming European Union elections in June 2024. Entitled “Sustainable Value for Money: Reconciling Individuals, Enterprises & The Planet,” the manifesto calls for a renewed emphasis on better outcomes for consumers, long-term investment,

BETTER FINANCE’s full Response to the Targeted Consultation on SRDs – Shareholder Rights Directives (SRD1 and SRD2) for the European Commission by the CSES — [15 December 2023]. BETTER FINANCE advocates for the enforcement of investors’ and shareholders’ rights, underscoring the pivotal role of engagement as a cornerstone within robust green transition plans and corporate

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous returns, both in nominal and real terms, for virtually all of the product categories analysed in this report. This comes after a year 2021 that

The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Austria The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Belgium The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Bulgaria The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Croatia The Real Return of Long-term and Pension Savings 2023 – Denmark

For long‐term and pension savers, the year 2022 was undoubtedly a calamitous one. Poor capital market performance and sky‐rocketing inflation across all European Union (EU) Member States resulted in disastrous returns, both in nominal and real terms, for virtually all of the product categories analysed in this report. This comes after a year 2021 that

On November 28th BETTER FINANCE and FESE will be hosting a webinar on ‘Enhancing Retail Participation in Capital Markets Through Pension Products’. As part of European Retirement Week 2023, the webinar will assess the Retail Investment Strategy’s impact on pension investments in capital markets and explore the reasons behind Europeans’ limited investment in pension products.

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