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BETTER FINANCE welcomes and supports EIOPA’s ongoing work on a supervisory toolkit to assess the value for money offered by unit linked and hybrid insurance products. Since its creation, BETTER FINANCE has been fighting for regulatory and supervisory action to improve the returns of long-term and pension saving products. As BETTER FINANCE research shows, high

The document serves as BETTER FINANCE response to selected questions of ESMA’s discussion paper on the implications of digitalisation for investor protection under MiFID II. The document “Discussion Paper on MiFID II investor protection topics linked to digitalisation” provided by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) focuses on various aspects of digitalisation in the

BETTER FINANCE endorses the FSUG’s call for improved ‘Value for Money’ in retail investments. The focus is on enhancing the effectiveness of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) to contribute significantly to investors’ financial well-being. The FSUG emphasises the responsibility of product manufacturers to design products that boost investors’ financial wealth and urges supervisors

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Barbara Alemanni, a specialist in behavioural finance and one of the four academic members of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group, to the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Council.   ⬇️ Read or download the full press release below. ⬇️

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,

The Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) started applying in March 2021 and requires financial market participants and financial advisers to disclose at entity and product levels how they integrate sustainability risks and principal adverse impacts in their processes at both entity and product levels. It also introduces additional product disclosures for sustainable financial products making

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

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce a new collaboration with SASV (Schweizerischer Anlegerschutzverein), the Swiss Investor Protection Association, further expanding its pan-European network. SASV is dedicated to promoting transparency within the Swiss capital market and advancing investor rights. This partnership with BETTER FINANCE aims to bolster the representation of Swiss individual investors and shareholders on

Brussels, 14 December 2023 – On December 11th, the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Council convened to discuss next year’s research program and to elect a new chairperson. The Council recommended that BETTER FINANCE continues to build on the extensive research conducted by the team and expressed support for the 2024 research program, including further research on

The Lithuanian Investors Association and BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, are organising the annual BETTER FINANCE International Investors’ Conference, scheduled to take place in Vilnius on May 30, 2024. The conference, titled “Vilnius 2024 | Shaping the Future of Finance,” will delve into various topics encompassing European and Baltic

Today EU finance ministers are meeting to discuss proposals to give the Eurozone more powerful tools in order to prevent financial crises. One of them, a common scheme to guarantee bank deposits that has been pushed by Brussels, the European Central Bank and southern Europe, still faces fierce resistance from Germany. However, according to diplomats,

Last Friday (19 June), European Union finance ministers reached an agreement on a draft law aimed at tackling the problem of so-called too-big-to-fail banks, eventually forcing banks to curb proprietary trading and giving national regulators the power to split off risky trading activities from safer lending operations. The deal would apply to banks whose trading

At the informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting held on 23-25 April in Riga, Latvia, the European finance ministers discussed the plan for a capital markets union (CMU) for the first time. The ministers gave a strong support to the European Commission’s proposal that would boost economic growth by giving companies wider access

POLITICO reports that on 10 April EU finance ministers approved the “terms of reference” in which they pledge “to raise the subjects of carbon and energy taxes” in the various international meetings that will take place over the course of next week with the aim of building a coordinated response to the corona crisis. Rather

On 9 October the Next CMU High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) – composed of experts from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and Sweden who are charged by their ministers with analyzing the EU’s market-based financing capacity five years after the launch of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) – published its final report on the

Collective Redress Directive – a directive for initiating court actions against companies who infringe consumers rights

First proposed in 2014 by the European Commission, the revised Shareholders’ Rights Directive (2007/36/EC) was adopted on the 14 of March 2017 by the European Parliament.  As pointed out by the European Commission in its press release, this revision is aimed at “ contributing to the long-term sustainability of the EU companies; enhance the efficiency

Launched in September 2015, the Capital Markets Union (CMU) is a key pillar of the Investment Plan which aims to tackle investment shortages head-on by increasing and diversifying the funding sources for Europe’s businesses and long-term projects. In the third pillar of the Investment Plan – which focuses on removing obstacles to investment – the

Proposed by the European Commission in 2011, to make sure the industry made a “ fair contribution” after taxpayers bore the costs of the financial crisis, the Financial Transaction Tax ( FTT)  is under discussion regarding its effects on pension funds.On the 21st of February, a meeting involving the Finances Ministers of those countries was

A PwC survey of 176 Banking & Capital Markets (BCM) CEOs across 62 countries reveals the huge challenges facing banks globally. BCM CEOs see over-regulation (87%), geopolitical uncertainty (81%) and exchange rate volatility (76%) as really affecting their banks. The combination of higher capital charges, liquidity demands and compliance costs is forcing many to abandon

Individual, non-professional investors have an increased appetite for investing in capital markets following the global health pandemic. Evidence in several jurisdictions shows that many new, young, and tech-savvy savers started to invest without professional assistance through what is called execution-only services under EU law . The European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EIOPA, EBA) have a legal

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

For the fourth year in a row BETTER FINANCE took a closer look at the emerging robo-advisory business from the perspective of individual investors and savers. This year 16 platforms found their way into the study: 11 platforms from EU countries and 5 from North America. In addition, we compared the results obtained from this

For years now BETTER FINANCE has been calling for Capital Markets to be returned to their natural participants: European households and EU Citizens as individual long-term savers and investors. Robo-advice could pave the way for their return, provided the platforms abide by EU investor protection rules and comply with basic requirements such as fair, transparent,

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