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A month before the International investor conference and the meeting of the European Federation of Investors and the Financial Services Users (BETTER FINANCE) and the World Federation of Investors (WFI) in Slovenia, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) published an interview with the VZMD President, mag. Kristjan Verbič. In it, mag. Verbič touches on the main topics of

As more and more investors consider passive investing (and therefore lower management fees), the question whether active funds managers can stop this migration to passive funds looms large on the horizon.   As alluded to by the Financial Times in one of its recent articles, a potential solution lies in a shift towards performance fees.

BETTER FINANCE sent out an open letter to the Slovenian Prime Minister and Slovenian Members of Parliament as well as the European Commission’s Directorate”‘General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union in support of the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) and joins it in denouncing the severe restrictions to be enacted by the Republic

12 January 2017 – BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users,  sent out an open letter to the Slovenian Prime Minister and Slovenian Members of Parliament as well as the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union in support of the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) and

The debt discharge law is the right path to be followed to help as many borrowers in financial difficulty as possible, given that so far in Romania there is no other law to support them, and banks have been reluctant to come up with concrete solutions to their problems. This was mentioned in a letter

FT Money has scrutinised the small print, to reveal where Brexit could put your finances most at risk, and where a divorce from the EU could be welcomed. Some excerpts: The UK government has said two years is too short a time to finalise what would be one of the most complicated divorces in history.

Shortly after the adoption of the Commission’s work programme 2015, an interview with Commissioner Hill conducted by Bloomberg was published earlier today, December 17. If you have been following the latest financial news, you might have stumbled upon articles decrying the intention to scrap the structural banking reform, as suggested in Hill’s letter to Timmermans.

Lord Hill, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union shares his opinions on the financial consequences a Brexit could have on the UK. “Financial services are important because they are Britain’s single most important industry, and biggest contributor of tax – £67bn last year. We need the industry to succeed not

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 provided an initial feedback to the EC’s plans to create a system for accessing financial data (FIDA) to boost digital financial services by promoting competition. We suggest carefully considering the risks and benefits of opening up a financial data market using based on contractual, industry-led ‘schemes.’ FIDA proposes a change that would make

BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, has released its Pensions Report 2023, uncovering the dire challenges confronting long-term and pension savers across 17 EU Member States in the aftermath of a tumultuous 2022. In what is termed an “annus horribilis,” the report exposes the setbacks faced by savers, with disastrous

An analysis by ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, has shed light on the costs and performance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) funds compared to non-ESG funds. The findings reveal that ESG funds have lower costs and better performance, even after considering factors such as portfolio composition. Understanding the drivers behind these differences

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the fourth report on insurance and pension products’ costs and past performance published by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). For the 2022 report, EIOPA received information on more than 760 insurance-based investment products (IBIPs). The research notes that despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, “both insurance and

On 3 April the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines on performance fees in investment funds, applicable to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and certain types of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). These guidelines aim to provide rules for fund managers when charging performance fees to retail investors as

European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading EU lawmakers and regulators are at loggerheads over how to reform wildly misleading fund performance disclosures, dealing a blow to fund managers and consumer groups hoping for a reprieve from the much-maligned rules. […] Better Finance, an advocacy group representing

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the recent efforts of ESMA to clarify and harmonise across the EU the provisions and supervisory practices on the management and transparency of information concerning UCITS and AIF funds, and in particular the current proposal to codify uniform rules applicable to performance fees. As a representative of retail investors (among others), BETTER FINANCE

The Central Bank of Ireland is investigating almost 200 investment funds for possible mis-selling after the financial regulator launched a probe into the practice of asset management companies hawking expensive, supposedly market-beating funds that only track the index. While the Irish regulator said it had carried out a “detailed inspection” of 2,550 funds, there is

Retail investor association BETTER FINANCE has released its study looking at the impact of fees upon the performance of equity funds domiciled in France, Luxembourg and Belgium. The main conclusion of the research released on 20 June 2019 in Brussels – the more you pay for an equity fund, the less you get returns from

Shortly after its release, the new research by BETTER FINANCE on the Correlation between Costs and Performance of EU Retail Equity Funds has been picked up by media outlets across  Europe. The study is based on a very large sample of funds  (1,970 active funds), with BETTER FINANCE covering equity funds domiciled in France, Luxembourg

This research paper is part of BETTER FINANCE’s annual #FundResearch project, an umbrella research activity aimed at providing qualitative and quantitative assessments of the EU market for retail investment funds, focusing on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). This paper compares mutual fund returns with their market index

There are differences between intermediated or “packaged” investments (life insurance, funds, savings plans, etc.) and direct investments in capital markets (ETFs, bonds, shares). Several independent studies indicate that the higher the annual fees, the lower the average medium and long-term returns of investment products. Annual fees for intermediated products are much higher than those for direct savings in securities.   The impact of these fees in France has been especially significant for certain insurance

Original article in L’Echo Over the years BETTER FINANCE (Pension Savings – The Real Return) has warned authorities and stakeholders of the damage caused by excessive fees to the returns on long-term and pension savings in Europe. Last July, BETTER FINANCE was joined by the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) that warned investors

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