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On Tuesday 10th of July, the European Parliament co-rapporteurs published a disappointing draft report on the review of the European System of Financial Supervision: not only lacking any ambitious changes on the much needed reform of the governance model and funding of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – EBA, ESMA and EIOPA), but even weakening

On Tuesday 10th of July, the European Parliament co-rapporteurs published a disappointing draft report on the review of the European System of Financial Supervision : not only lacking any ambitious changes on the much needed reform of the governance model and funding of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – EBA, ESMA and EIOPA), but even

A year and a half after ESMA asked CSSF (the Luxembourg supervisor) to investigate the potential cases of closet indexing (falsely active funds) it identified in Luxembourg. Many months after its colleagues from other important fund domiciles such as the UK, France and Germany had completed – and reported – on their own investigations, CSSF

The findings of BETTER FINANCE’s latest research report – “Pension Savings: The Real Return” – were covered in Brazil, where two consulting firms echoed our concerns regarding the disappointing performance of private pensions: high fees and commissions are putting the savings of most European citizens at risk. The absence of an objective analysis of the performance of pension funds demonstrates that regulators

Markus Ferber – German EPP Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs – expounded his views on the Capital Markets Union (CMU), ahead of his intervention at the BETTER FINANCE conference on the topic. Whereas Mr Ferber stresses that it is indeed vital for Europe to

A year and a half after ESMA asked CSSF (the Luxembourg supervisor) to investigate the potential cases of closet indexing (falsely active funds)  it identified in Luxembourg. Many months after its colleagues from other important fund domiciles such as the UK, France and Germany had completed – and reported – on their own investigations, CSSF

BETTER FINANCE welcomes this timely assessment and evidence gathering on the application of the new MiFID II rules on disclosure for inducements and costs. However, it is very unfortunate that, in a field that is crucial to investor protection and designed to enhance consumer experience and trust in financial services, the majority of questions are

The Government, the National Assembly and the Senate just appointed members of the “College” of the AMF. The public authorities decided to give priority to candidates from the financial industry and listed companies, and, despite his long experience with financial markets and financial supervision at the European level, excluding the only candidate brought forward by

According to research carried out by Morningstar aimed at comparing the performance of active funds with that of index trackers and passive funds over 10 years, managers have consistently failed to beat their benchmarks. In fact, most active fund managers on average outperformed their passive counterparts in just two of the 49 categories taken into

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

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

ESMA Consultation Paper Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID II suitability requirements. BETTER FINANCE highlights that the new concepts introduced by the recent regulatory amendments may be difficult to understand by individual, non-professional investors, creating the risk for them to avoid making a decision or making a wrong decision. In this sense, we suggest

More than a year after the entry into force of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and of the Regulation on Key Information Document for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs KID), BETTER FINANCE sought the views and experience of its member associations and their individual members on the effectiveness of

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the initiative of ESMA to clarify certain aspects related to the application of the MiFID II provisions on the appropriateness test and requirements for execution-only services. In addition, BETTER FINANCE commends ESMA on adapting the Guidelines on suitability assessment for the appropriateness test as the two procedures are, to a certain extent,

We welcome the EC’s initiative to alleviate some regulatory requirements enabling EU capital markets’ potential to boost recovery from the COVID-19 induced economic downturn. However, we wish to warn about the long-term detrimental effects that several provisions and amendments will have on “retail” investor protection if done in “haste” and without proper scrutiny and attention

Summary: General comment The review of the MiFID II framework is timely and should be coordinated with the other ongoing actions and policy areas, i.e. PRIIPs and the work done in the Forum on the Future of the Capital Markets Union. In addition, to ensure a level playing field, the European Commission should also adopt

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