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In light of the Brexit negotiations and the finance industry’s concerns regarding their outcome, HM Treasury has released its revised version of the 2013 Investment Management Strategy (IMS), hedging for a negative scenario.  The working paper aims at providing the necessary proposals and impetus for the British Government’s efforts to secure not only a safety

In recent months, BETTER FINANCE members have received a large number of inquiries about the takeover of Crédit Suisse (CS) by UBS. Former CS shareholders consider the price of CHF 3 billion that UBS paid for Crédit Suisse in the form of treasury shares to be far too low. On the last trading day before

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Definitions are constantly evolving around the key concepts of sustainability but jurisdictions, regulators, and international organisations around the globe agree on the common elements of each of the below.

Since the launch of a project by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to raise awareness of pension scams, there has been a 462% jump in the number of the ScamSmart website visitors. Additionally, over 370 pension holders were warned about an unauthorised firm thanks to the Warning List, an online

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) revealed last year in its annual business plan that it would conduct a review of banking culture in the UK in 2016. The goal is to determine whether the programs to change the culture in retail and wholesale banks were "driving the right behaviour". Most politicians believe that the banking

The treasury is further softening its stance toward the financial industry as it dilutes part of the new regime that is intended to make top bank bosses more accountable. Senior managers will face the “duty of responsibility” which will only require them to take the appropriate steps to prevent a regulatory breach instead of the

On January 22, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed the UK’s court challenge to the Short-Selling Regulation (SSR). In an action brought before the European Court of Justice in 2012, the UK claimed that ESMA’s powers to adopt emergency measures relating to the financial markets of the Member States in order to regulate or prohibit

A review of the UK Treasury and Financial Conduct Authority to be launched this autumn shows that cheaper financial advice could be offered to everyone, not only rich people and pensioners. The regulator believes that banks and investment firms could open up access to advice across the market in savings, investments, mortgages and other areas

With the Federal Reserve about to bring a period of unpreceded monetary intervention to an end, investors fear that a period of high volatility may be upon us. Up for debate is the role banks will play in providing sufficient liquidity to weather the period of volatility. Reforms that came after the 2008 crisis will

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

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

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

The Retail Investment Strategy will be key in establishing a Capital Markets Union “that works for people”. The successful combined completion of the Retail Investor Strategy and the CMU Action Plan could generate a quantum leap in investor protection, empowerment and engagement, to their benefit and to the benefit of the CMU, sustainable investing and

In a letter to BETTER FINANCE, Commissioner McGuinness reconfirmed her commitment to the key objectives of the Retail Investor Strategy. BETTER FINANCE is also encouraged to read that Ms McGuinness reemphasises the clear and very appropriate objectives of the Retail Investor Strategy as spelled out in the European Commission’s September 2020 CMU Action Plan: Coherent

Sustainable finance refers to the process of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and projects. The strategy by the European Commission outlines several areas that can help enhance sustainable investments across the EU.

On 28 November 2022, BETTER FINANCE together with BEUC and Finance Watch, published a public letter addressed to Vice-President Dombrovskis, and Commissioners McGuinness and Reynders, to encourage them to continue with an ambitious approach with regards to the Retail Investment Strategy and the stated goal of creating bias-free advice.    

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