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21 April 2022 | Financial repression poses a major problem for the protection of savers: policymakers must act and stop using savers’ cognitive biases to their detriment. Facts | On average, over the last 30 years, annual increases in consumer prices (“inflation”) have averaged +2% for the euro area[i], a historically very low level. Nonetheless,

In a press release on 24 October 2017 the French Financial Markets Supervisor (Autorité des Marchés Financiers, AMF) announced that, in light of the transposition of the new Shareholders Rights Directive (EU 2017/828), it will establish a Working Group to continue research on, and enhance, voting rights for shareholders in listed companies. This decision is

World Investor Week (WIW) is a week-long, global campaign promoted by IOSCO to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection and highlight the various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas. From 2-8 October 2017, IOSCO securities regulators and other IOSCO members on six continents will provide a range of

The AMF ( The French Financial Markets Authority) fined Natixis € 35 million for overcharging investors in connection with its formula funds ( structured product that guarantees the capital invested in addition to a return determined by a mathematical formula).   The AMF is accusing Natixis of setting up a reserve for each fund which was

On 3 October 2013 the «Commission des Sanctions de l’AMF», the French Financial Markets Regulator, held a very interesting comparative law conference on Market Abuse comparing the legal systems of the UK , the USA and France. Guillaume Prache, the managing director of EuroFinUse, took the floor to point out  the major divergence between the

Lundi 23 mars 2015, la FAIDER (Fédération des Associations Indépendantes de Défense des Epargnants pour la Retraite) organise les États généraux de l’épargne retraite à la Maison de la Chimie à Paris pour son 10ième anniversaire. La conférence discutera de la place pour l’épargne retraite, nouvelles pistes pour l’épargne retraite, ainsi que du cadrage économique et d’une

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

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

KBC Against Small Savers? The CEO of the Belgian bank, KBC, has expressed criticism regarding the tax advantage granted to one-year government bonds. However, a more pressing concern lies in understanding why KBC, along with the majority of Belgian banks, offers less than 1% interest on savings for small one-year savers while being able to

BETTER FINANCE expresses concern over Deutsche Bank’s disclosure of missing Russian shares. The bank recently revealed a shortfall in the shares underlying depositary receipts (DRs), further increasing the challenges for European investors seeking to recover their investments in Russian listed companies, especially individual non-professional ones. DRs are used in international stock trading as a means

BETTER FINANCE supports the recent proposal put forth by the European Commission, aimed at simplifying the reimbursement of cross-border withholding taxes. Guillaume Prache, the Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE, expresses cautious optimism and states, “This proposal, which was swiftly introduced following a joint study conducted by BETTER FINANCE and DSW – Germany’s leading association for

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.

BETTER FINANCE’s answer to the European Commission (EC) consultation on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and sustainability factors in credit ratings aims to inform on concerns about the functioning of the ESG ranking market developed by commercial data providers. This agenda pertains to the renewed sustainable finance strategy adopted in July 2021 by the

On 14 April F2iC – one of BETTER FINANCE’s French member organisations – issued a press release arguing that the vote of shareholders, as the true owners of a company, should be binding without a company being able to use dilatory maneuvers to circumvent it. The press release follows the rejection by Stellantis’ shareholders of

AEMEC, one of the Spanish member organisations of BETTER FINANCE, expresses concerns about the negative impact on individual shareholders of Spanish electricity companies of new tax measures targetting those companies currently being considered by the Spanish authorities. Please read the full press release in Spanish here. The English version can be found here.

16 juillet 2021 – La population européenne vieillit… Ajoutez à ce constat le fait que les comptes d’épargne des citoyens européens perdent rapidement de leur pouvoir d’achat (avec des taux d’intérêt bancaires inférieurs à l’inflation), et il devient évident que les épargnants doivent chercher des solutions différentes. Vu sous cet angle, l’avenir de la population