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At the beginning of February 2018, in support of the Capital Markets Union initiative, the European Commission released a Code of Conduct on Withholding Tax (WHT) aimed at reducing barriers hampering cross-border investments for investors by reducing the double taxation whereby the investor is taxed both at the source of the dividend as well as

Guillaume Prache, Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, was invited to address the European Commission’s (EC) ‘Public Hearing on a simpler Withholding Tax procedure for Europe’. The EC just released a Code of Conduct on withholding tax aimed at improving the refund and/or relief at source of current withholding taxes (WHT) charged by Member States within

This is not a given, since those Member States currently avoid refunding or granting tax treaty relief at source for more than €6 billion per year according to the European Commission. In support of the Capital Markets Union initiative, this new Code of Conduct aims to reduce the barriers hampering cross-border investments for (individual) investors

Factors influencing the number of new listings/IPOs in Sweden Paper presented to the Policy Committee of ecoDa, January 2022                                                                                                                   According to the EU Commission’s report “Primary and secondary equity markets in the EU” Sweden has had a unique development of the number of new listings/IPOs between 2010 and 2018 compared to all other member

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

Whereas in the US VW admitted its wrongdoing and set aside billions of dollars for car owners, European consumers are being left high and dry. VW claims that there is no need to compensate European consumers since according to them they did not suffer losses in the sense that the value of their cars did

According to a leaked draft of the European Union’s first proposal to the US on trade in services and investment, financial services will not be included in the negotiations at the next round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). In an attached note to Member States, the European Commission proposes that, until the US engages on regulatory cooperation, the

According to a leaked draft of the European Union’s first proposal to the US on trade in services and investment, financial services will not be included in the negotiations at the next round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). In an attached note to Member States, the European Commission proposes that, until the US engages on regulatory cooperation, the

According to a leaked draft of the European Union’s first proposal to the US on trade in services and investment, financial services will not be included in the negotiations at the next round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). In an attached note to Member States, the European Commission proposes that, until the US engages on regulatory cooperation, the

A German Court ordered VW to reimburse a consumer for the full price of a car equipped with the emissions’ cheating device. The judges based this ruling on the intentional nature of the fraud and underlined that VW could not defend itself by stating that they did not know who was responsible for this fraud.

For its March Newsletter, DG FISMA (the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services, and Capital Markets Union) interviewed Alin Iacob, the new chairman of the Financial Services User Group (FSUG), and Board Member of BETTER FINANCE. Alin Iacob is also the chairman of the Association of Romanian Financial Users (AURSF). In the interview,

Member States have until 31 May to actively support transparent, efficient, and accessible equity markets for retail investors and submit their written comments to the French Presidency working on the Compromise Proposal for the review of MIFIR regulation. In order to avoid a poor compromise, national policymakers should put consumer interests first and remember the

On the 21st of January 2022, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) announced that its General Assembly had selected BETTER FINANCE as one of its new members. This represents a further improvement of EFRAG’s governance and its opening to individual investors, consumers, and other stakeholders from civil society. Since 2017, and up to last

A month before the International investor conference and the meeting of the European Federation of Investors and the Financial Services Users (BETTER FINANCE) and the World Federation of Investors (WFI) in Slovenia, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) published an interview with the VZMD President, mag. Kristjan Verbič. In it, mag. Verbič touches on the main topics of

The EU Commission has announced to work on an audit reform in the aftermath of the Wirecard scandal. ” Wirecard has clearly illustrated what can happen if the three lines of defense – Internal Control System, good corporate governance incl. a strong Supervisory Board and the external audit fail to perform. This is a major issue

Read the full article [in French] in ARCAF’s website Over the years, BETTER FINANCE has warned authorities and stakeholders of the risks at stakes for Pension plan savers (Pension Savings – The Real Return). Today, the French ‘Union Mutualiste Retraite’ (UMR) just sparked a new pension scandal by cutting the pensions paid to ‘Corem’ retirees.

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce that Jella Benner-Heinacher, the Deputy Chief Director of the Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz (DSW) and BETTER FINANCE Vice-President, was appointed to the Board of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) as an observer with speaking rights to be the only representative of EU citizens as “retail” investors. EFRAG

16 February 2021 – José F. Estévez, Managing Partner of CREMADES & CALVO-SOTELO ABOGADOS, has been appointed as a member of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Corporate Finance Standing Committee Consultative Working Group (CWG). ESMA is an independent authority of the European Union (EU) that contributes to safeguarding the stability of the EU

Back in November 2017 we formed an Alliance to voice our disappointment with the European Commission’s proposal for the review of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), and to make proposals to remedy the situation. The Alliance reiterated its main concerns in a joint statement in July 2018, following the report on the review by the

There is bad news for Belgian investors as Belgium and France have reformed a new tax treaty which, according to two sources close to the negotiators, would stop the Cour de cassation, one of the four courts of last resort in France, from allowing it to reduce the double imposition of dividends. The current convention

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