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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 recent survey conducted by BETTER FINANCE and DSW among 3000 investors across the EU found that withholding tax (WHT) refund procedures are cumbersome and costly, making it difficult or financially unreasonable for non-professional investors to reclaim excess withholding tax on cross-border dividend income. More than 90% of European investors find the WHT reclaim procedure

On Thursday 13 April Ferrovial, the Spanish construction group, announced that its shareholders have approved a plan to relocate its holding company to the Netherlands through a reverse merger with its Dutch subsidiary Ferrovial International SE (FISE). The decision was made during Ferrovial’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). This strategic move aims to facilitate future listings

For a third year in a row, a study by BETTER FINANCE and DSW still points to considerable barriers to shareholder engagement as the Shareholder Rights Directive II fails to deliver for European cross-border shareholders, seriously hampering long-term investor engagement and sustainable corporate governance. Following the entry into force of the Shareholder Rights Directive II

IMAB (Latvia) – Investoru un mazākuma akcionāru biedrība / Investors and minority shareholders society. The aim of the Latvian Investors and Minority Shareholders Association is to bring together investors who are or wish to be minority shareholders or their representatives in Latvian companies, thereby promoting the development of investment in publicly traded companies and the

[Archived: The Survey is now Closed] It’s all about retail shareholder democracy in Europe! Did you try to vote (or did you successfully vote) at Shareholders Meetings of EU Companies in 2022? If not, there is still time, AGMs of companies are still ongoing. • Let us know your experience: Survey Open, until 10 September

BETTER FINANCE Member VZMD makes Objections Public in OPEN LETTER to the CEO of the Slovenian Securities Market Agency (ATVP), the national competent Authority In a press release at the end of 2021, VZMD – the Pan-Slovenian Shareholder Association and BETTER FINANCE Member – drew attention to the mass dissemination of letters and “innovative” offers

To ensure sustainable development and a brighter future, shareholder engagement must be given a chance! Despite the entry into force of the Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) in September 2020, and the importance the European Union places on Shareholder Engagement and Corporate Governance – the set of rules and practices dictating a company’s corporate

Lately, many shareholders in public limited companies have turned to the PanSlovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD) and stated that they have received various letters and very strange offers from IGOR ŠTEMBERGER, the CEO and owner of ILIRIKA bornz-posredniška družba, d.d. (a brokerage company). In certain cases, the offered prices for shares were extremely low. In others, they offered shareholders shares of the company ILIRIKA MOJA

It is with great sadness that BETTER FINANCE learned on Monday 14 December 2020 that Wilhelm Rasinger, President of the Austrian Association for Investors (Interessenverbandes für Anleger – IVA) passed away. He was a great friend of our organisation and, even before his close involvement with the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users,

AirbusWirecardVolkswagenAirbus BETTER FINANCE, The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, joins forces with Stichting Investor Loss Compensation (SILC), assisting Airbus shareholders to recover losses resulting from Airbus’ involvement in bribery practices and other wrongful conducts. Largest ever penalty on global bribery practices | On 31 January 2020, Airbus – the global supplier of aircraft, and

The report by Corporate Europe Observatory (CE) on the external advisory groups to the European Central Bank (ECB) concludes that a very large proportion of its counselling on monetary policy comes from ‘representatives of some of the most influential global financial corporations’. The news item published today by CE summarizes its report findings, drawing the

U.S. developments Over the last months, it has been reported that Volkswagen reached a 15 billion dollar settlement with the authorities, the consumers and the car dealers in the United States. Contrary to these developments, Volkswagen has raised a motion to dismiss the ADR investor case. The judge will hear this motion during a trial

The aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, followed in Europe by the sovereign debt crisis, mainly consisted in the adoption of new, more stringent economic and market discipline instruments for the Eurozone Member States.  On top of that, crisis-response mechanisms have been put in place, such as the EDIS, the Single Resolution Fund,

Celebrities among fund managers are becoming rare. Fund management gurus built their success over the long term as did Warren Buffett, an example to almost all fund managers. With the younger generation, fund management celebrities have lost in popularity and appear less in the media. There are multiple reasons why these gurus do not resonate

Behind the abbreviations multiplying non-stop there are hidden nuances of the financial products in which you invest. More often than not, all these acronyms are used to designate the same thing: investment funds in transferable securities (stocks, bonds or other debt or interest rate products). “These prejudices sometimes contribute to making the supply of funds

 Arcaf, the National Association for Public Employee Pension Savers  in France and member of BETTER FINANCE as part  of FAIDER, alerted consumers to the insufficient solvency of the COREM pension fund. According to Arcaf, the French Mutual Pension Union which manages the COREM retirement savings products for 400,000 savers, sits on a hole of more

The European Authority in charge of Insurance and Pensions – EIOPA – just issued discussion paper on conflicts of interest in direct and intermediated sales of insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) at the request of the European Commission. This consultation focuses on: the steps that insurance intermediaries or insurance undertakings might reasonably be expected to take to identify,

Ten German associations have recently issued a joint call for action to promote employee share ownership in Germany, drawing attention the "urgent need to bring it out of its niche". The call was co-signed by DSW – Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V., German member organisation of BETTER FINANCE and the largest association representing private investors in