Our Research & Policy Aim

As a public interest organisation, BETTER FINANCE is committed to advancing the interests of individual investors and users of financial services throughout the European Union.

Our Goal

Our goal is to promote transparency, long-term value, and consumer protection in financial markets, ensuring that retail investors have a strong voice in policy discussions.

Our Approach

Working collaboratively with our member organisations, BETTER FINANCE undertakes rigorous analysis and research, engages in stakeholder consultations, and solicits expert contributions, resulting in well-informed, data-driven policy recommendations.

This approach ensures that EU financial regulations align with the interests of European citizens.

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Buying Crypto? You May Not Know What You’re Getting – or Who’s Responsible When Things Go Wrong

BETTER FINANCE calls on the EU to close dangerous gaps in crypto investor protection Buying crypto-assets has never been easier. But do investors really know what they are buying, what ...

BETTER FINANCE Responds to Public Consultation on the Review of Regulation on the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA)

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), while offering preliminary views on the broader regulatory challenges arising from digitalisation, tokenisation ...

BETTER FINANCE Responds to Targeted Consultation on the Review of Regulation on the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA)

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s targeted consultation on the review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). We regard MiCAR as a sound foundation ...

SFDR Reform: New Labels, Same Greenwashing Risk?

Will Europe’s new sustainability product categories finally help individual investors, or simply give greenwashing a new name? As negotiations on the proposed revision of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) move ...
/ Press Releases, Sustainable Finance

Europe Wants Citizens to Invest. So Why Does the Tax System Punish Them?

Europe wants its citizens to invest more of their savings in capital markets. Yet across Europe, tax systems can make investing unnecessarily complex, favour certain savings products over others and ...

​​Transition Investing Moves from Commitments to Outcomes, but Investors Still Cannot Compare Progress, New BETTER FINANCE Report Finds​

BETTER FINANCE published its annual assessment of whether transition investing is giving individual investors the tools to identify credible opportunities and whether capital is contributing to measurable change in the ...
/ Press Releases, Sustainable Finance

Ensuring a Safe Digital Space Now: Tackling the Growth of Scams on Social Media Platforms

Together, the undersigned organisations, are sounding the alarm about the growing proliferation of scams on social media platforms. We call on the relevant EU and national authorities to ensure that ...

Tax Distortions in Retail Investing: Brokerage and Savings & Investment Accounts in Europe

Seven national tax systems through the lens of retail-investor representatives: lessons for the Savings and Investments Union Europe’s true challenge is not a shortage of household savings in aggregate, but ...

Transition Investing 2026 | From Commitments to Outcomes

Our 2026 analysis finds encouraging progress has been made, whereby capital is supporting some sectors and technologies central to the transition, however, significant challenges remain:
  1. Differences in reporting methodologies ...
/ Research papers, Sustainable Finance

EU Crypto Investors Still Struggle to Find Basic Information Despite MiCA

Researchers expose major gaps in disclosures as crypto becomes increasingly mainstream Crypto is going mainstream in Europe, but investors still cannot always find the essential information they need to understand ...

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