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The Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (ECON) voted yesterday on the Regulation for a Key Information Document for investment products (formerly known as “PRIPs”). EuroFinUse praises the European Parliament for voting for more consistency in summary information for investors, but is quite concerned that a majority of the critical long term and

On October 18, EuroFinUse and the Austrian Shareholder Association (IVA) held an international conference on “The Financial Repression of Savers and Investors”, in Vienna. International authorities from the private and public sectors discussed the alleged inevitability of Financial Repression and proposed solutions to face this issue. The event held at the Vienna Insurance Group was

Yesterday EuroFinUse, WWF and VoteWatch Europe were the last remaining candidates standing at the coveted European Public Affairs Awards, eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winner of the “NGO of The Year” category. The EPA awards single out organisations for excellence in their respective sector, while aiming to encourage best practice in the European public affairs

The European Federation of Financial Services Users releases its research report on the real return of pension savings. This research confirms, broadens and deepens the OECD 2012 Pensions Reportconclusions which revealed negative real returns on average for pension funds.  Our research adds other pension savings than pension funds, includes France (not covered by the OECD

EuroFinUse invites you to the Conference on the BETTER FINANCE MANIFESTO which will take place at the European Parliament on March 28. Whereas there are many challenges ahead, few are as acute as dealing with the fallout of the financial crisis. In order to shore up the real economy, protect savers and investors, concentrate on long term

On 26 March, EuroFinUse, the only organisation dedicated to defend the rights of European financial services users, organised a high-level conference on the audit reform, hosted by British MEP Sajjad Karim, to discuss the proposals linked to audit tenure, non-audit services policy, quality, transparency, pricing as well as those targeting the role of audit committees

At the EuroFinUse General Assembly, on 25 March 2013, Jean Berthon was elected as President to head the one and only organization dedicated to defend the rights of financial users. On January 1st 2013, Euroshareholders and EuroFinUse – the two European organizations representing individual shareholders, investors, savers and other financial services users – merged to

EuroFinUse praises the Eurogroup statement from late Monday in favor of fully guaranteeing deposits below EUR 100,000. Moreover, we believe bank depositors should not pay for the excesses of the banking industry and or governments. Therefore, depositors should be protected from bearing the bulk of the Cypriot rescue package. Full Press Release

EuroFinuse, the European Federation of Financial Services Users, is closely following the debate onthe “UCITS V Directive” that is currently focusing on depositories’ liabilities and asset managers’remuneration.These are two major issues that have to be tackled by EU institutions, as they were exposed as theweakest part of the UCITS framework during the financial crisis. Performance

EuroFinUse is very pleased that MEP Pervenche Beres’ amendments on PRIPs match our demands in relation to the inclusion of shares and bonds and other bank savings products, life insurance products as well as the disclosure of inducements paid by the provider to the seller. Press Release

The Czech Presidency of the Council tightened plans for an EU-wide ban on a controversial stock-trading practice despite opposition from the German government. Last Monday, governments were able to see the draft ban on “payment for order flow”. The text states that investment firms “shall not receive fees, commissions or non-monetary benefits from third parties

This new statement follows on an earlier case where VZMD, the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders Association, opposed pressure on its ‘Share SUPPORT’ programme by a brokerage industry  player, harming the minority, individual shareholders it aims to represent. Today, VZMD pointed to further shortcomings and misleading claims made by the ATVP (The Slovenian Securities Market Agency) against its

Canadian asset manager insist they only want the best for investors …and in their view, the latest reform of Canada’s investment industry introducing a ban on commissions paid to advisors and intermediaries by asset managers for selling their funds, will hurt investors.   Like in Europe (MiFID II) or in the UK (Retail Distribution Review),

Canadian asset manager insist they only want the best for investors …and in their view, the latest reform of Canada’s investment industry introducing a ban on commissions paid to advisors and intermediaries by asset managers for selling their funds, will hurt investors.   Like in Europe (MiFID II) or in the UK (Retail Distribution Review),

Following the ECB’s package for banking supervision in the Eurozone, announced in early October, and in particular since the “bail ins” of bank bondholders, the Bank of Italy said this week that Italian cities’ human rights could be at risk if the European Union forces subordinated bondholders to take losses or convert their holdings to

Impact investors (in the end followed by Blackrock and others) just managed to force two new directors into EXXON Board (biggest oil company in the World) who will push to accelerate the energy transition. Why is this extremely important: major oil companies’ free cash flows (net of investments) will likely reach $ 200 billion this year

New research by BETTER FINANCE on the Correlation between Costs and Performance of EU Retail Equity Funds without a doubt establishes a negative correlation between returns and fees Brussels, 20 June 2019 – Common knowledge has it that if you want to beat the market, you need to turn to highly active management … at

EuroFinuse supports the main objective of the European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), “to ensure that financial institutions make a fair and substantial contribution to covering the costs of the recent crisis…and to ring-fence the real economy, SMEs, housholds etc.”But EuroFinuse is very concerned that the latest European Commission proposal does not meet at all this

Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock, the American multinational investment management corporation and one of the largest money-management firms in the world, is not the most likely person to jump to mind as a supporter of  BETTER FINANCE’s struggle for better cooperate governance and shareholder engagement.   Yet, on the 14th of

EuroFinuse supports the main objective of the European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), “to ensure that financial institutions make a fair and substantial contribution to covering the costs of the recent crisis”¦and to ring-fence the real economy, SMEs, housholds etc.” But EuroFinuse is very concerned that the latest European Commission proposal does not meet at all

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

Aimed at certifying the most virtuous funds, the SRI label, which has just been reformed by the government, now excludes companies with new oil projects. Guillaume Prache denounces an ideological reform that risks favoring foreign oil and gas companies. The reform of France’s SRI (socially responsible investment) label, as announced by the French Ministry of

BETTER FINANCE members UK Shareholders’ Association and ShareSoc (UK Individual Shareholders Society) published a letter expressing disappointment in the news that the UK government is abandoning some of its reforms to accounting standards: It is difficult to overstate the disappointment of investors, and other users of corporate information, at the news that the UK government

BETTER FINANCE continued its research series into Robo-advice with this seventh annual edition (2022), mapping a sample of platforms that provide online Robo-advisory investing services, by analysing their (automated) advice process in terms of transparency, costs, portfolio composition, suitability and sustainability options and preferences for the client. This edition’s analysis focuses on Robo-advisors’ ability to

EU Law rightly requires information provided to individual investors to be clear, i.e., “presented in a way that is likely to be understood by, the average member of the group to whom it is directed, or by whom it is likely to be received”, and as such, retail investors expect definitions and classifications of funds

Individual European investors and consumers are in danger of losing out as Regulations from Brussels aimed at protecting their interests are facing indefinite delay and drastic dilution. On Wednesday 20 November, the European Parliament will vote on a proposal for a Key Information Document (KID) aimed at addressing this issue. However, the package is in

Azione MPS, the Association of Small Individual Shareholders and member of CONAPA, sent out a letter today addressed to the Public Authorities of the European Union and of the Italian Republic. The letter points to the main contradictions at the heart of the forced state intervention in the listed company Banca Monte dei Paschi di

Individual European investors and consumers are in danger of losing out as Regulations from Brussels aimed at protecting their interests are facing indefinite delay and drastic dilution.