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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

Virtual Currencies (VCs) and blockchain technology are  all the buzz, with their regulation now subject to national as well as international discussions. Following the ESAs warning on VC trading earlier this month (access BETTER FINANCE`s article here), a Roundtable led by European Commission VP Valdis Dombrovskis, in charge of financial stability, financial services and the

In his Keynote speech at Bruegel on the Call for Evidence: "The impact of the EU regulatory framework for financial services", Commissioner Jonathan Hill, discusses his legacy and the future of EU regulations on financial services.   Please read the full article here

In his speech at the 2016 ECB/EC financial integration conference in Frankfurt, Guillaume Prache, Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, discusses the Capital Markets Union and the impact it will have on retail investors. Please read the full speech here.  

Guillaume Prache, Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, has been recently quoted in the FT discussing the impact and importance of consumer investment regulation, including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II:  “Most funds covered are actually retail long-only ones – for example, in France, there are 3,500 domiciled

EuroFinUse’s Managing Director, Guillaume Prache, was a speaker at a hearing held by the  European Economic and Social Committee’s Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO) on “Completing EMU – arguments and proposals for the next term of office of the European Parliament and the European Commission” last fifth of

EuroFinuse will present the views of financial services users on ‘sales practices and disclosure for long-term products’ at the upcoming CEPS conference on "Supporting long-term investing and retirement savings" which will take place on 7 December 2012 in Brussles. The conference is the second meeting of the CEPS-ECMI Task Force that aims at fostering the

Although SPACs – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies – have existed for quite some time, their sudden popularity over the last few years has drawn the attention of investors and regulators alike. In their latest joint report, BETTER FINANCE and CFA Institute shed light on the debate around SPACs also known as “blank cheques companies”. Based

Among other topics, the latest newsletter of POLITICO discusses the clash of fund managers and consumer groups on fees and responses to ESMA’s Consultation Paper on Guidelines on Performance Fees in UCITS. BETTER FINANCE, as a representative of financial services users, was quoted in the newsletter: “It falls under the fair treatment of investors to penalize the

The Evidence based Investor has published an interview with the founder of the People’s Trust, Daniel Godfrey. In the interview, Mr. Godfrey discusses how the People’s Trust will create a new innovative model for asset management companies. Mr. Godfrey suggests that the People’s Trust will focus on long term value investing using a seven-year time

In parallel with the ongoing review of the effect of financial regulations implemented since the start of financial crisis as requested by the European Commissioner Jonathan Hill, Karel Lannoo discusses the big items dominating EU financial policies and their implementation in his new book “The Great Financial Plumbing”. The author acknowledges that policy-makers implemented a

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

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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

BETTER FINANCE published the 10th edition of its “Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings report | 2022 Edition”. Download the full report in English for free here. A Summary version of the report can be found below.

BETTER FINANCE published the 10th edition of its “Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings report | 2022 Edition”. Download the report in English for free here (or see below). Should you like to order a physical copy, please contacts us at info@betterfinance.eu. Press Release: “Pensions Report 2022: It will get much worse for EU

BETTER FINANCE published the ninth edition of its “Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings report | 2021 Edition”. Download the report in English for free here. Should you like to order a physical copy please contacts us at info@betterfinance.eu. This year there is also a user-friendly online interface showing the nominal and real net

Besides their fundamental business figures, insurance companies have to disclose how stable and secure they are in annual “solvency” reports. In 2021, for the first time, BdV – Europe’s most important association for insurance policyholders – in cooperation with BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Financial Services Users – analyse these reports from the 10

The EU regulates two main mutual fund types: UCITS (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, the most “popular” among EU individual investors) and AlFs (alternative investment funds). AIFs are similar to UCITS but represent a more specialised, riskier category of mutual funds and are designed for a smaller, more affluent category of individual, nonprofessional

The table below presents the annual average returns of the penson products (by country) available in BETTER FINANCE's 2020 edition of the report on the Real Returns of Long-Term and Pension Savings ("the Report") using standardised holding periods of 1 year (2021), 3 years (2019-2021), 5 years (2017-2021), 7 years (2015-2021), 10 years (2012-2021) and the

Brussels, 20 November 2019 – BETTER FINANCE Publishes its survey on “green” investment products in cooperation with Financial Analysts Besides addressing crucial environmental and social issues, the concept of sustainable finance should translate into investment products that are exemplary in complying with EU investor protection, governance and conduct of business rules. An investment can be

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