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On March 5, QED held its Conference on Capital Markets Union (“CMU”) in Brussels.  Among the high-level speakers and panellists were Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Member of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission Mr. Juncker; Philip Tod, Capital Markets Union Acting Head of Unit, DG FISMA of the European Commission; Mr. Philippe de Backer, Member

What are the main challenges for the new legislative term? What remains to be done? How can we tackle any possible problems or unintended consequence arising from measure taken so far? These were some of the questions put to the five speakers representing different backgrounds and interests during the first panel session at the 2014 EU Financial

Thank you very much for the kind invitation from QED to put forward the users’ views. My intervention will be short and not exhaustive; I will focus on those points of higher relevance for financial services users. First of all, I would like to refer some brief words to BETTER FINANCE: – European Federation of

Dear Members and Friends, We were very saddened to learn of the death of Roger Ganser, the former Chair of the World Federation of Investors (WFI), on 16 July 2021. BETTER FINANCE and WFI maintain a very close relationship since many years. Both international investor organisations also share many members and frequently hold joint events.

Protests broke out in front of the Central Bank of Spain in reaction to the repeated abuse by banks and the fraud at the heart of the financial system. At the core of the protests is the Bankia case. In 2011, 347.000small investors bought Bankia shares for pension investment purposes.  When about a year later

XI International Convention of Independent Financial Advisers (CIFA) Forum on 24th to 26th April 2013  in Monaco. The Forum aims at tackling the overarching question if the world banking system can be reformed. A variety of panels, seminars and workshops are foreseen over the two days event, and EuroFinUse will represent the point of view

Transparency Task Force is holding an online event, to draw attention to the collective redress action by Stichting Investor Loss Compensation (SILC) for individual Airbus investors who have incurred damages, and to discuss the “Power of Class Actions to get Justice”. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 4th, between 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM

In a Financial Times article on the 24th of April 2023, BETTER FINANCE commented on the rise of self-directed investment and ETF savings plans in the EU. Neobrokers like Trade Republic, Scalable Capital, and Bux are driving the adoption of ETFs by European investors, offering lower costs, improved accessibility, and attracting new participants. BlackRock estimates

BETTER FINANCE is a non-profit international NGO with its office in Brussels acting as an independent financial expertise centre for the direct benefit of European financial services users (individual shareholders, investors, savers, life insurance policyholders, pension fund participants, mortgage borrowers, etc.) and other stakeholders of European financial services who are independent of the financial industry.

CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) manages a global environmental disclosure system used by more than 9,600 companies. Companies disclose by completing any or all of the three CDP questionnaires of climate change, forests, and water security. CDP also includes an optional 4th supply chain reporting module. CDP publishes the scores of reporting companies on

On the 13th and 14th September, an informal ECOFIN reunion discussed the “Union’s priorities in the field of the capital markets union for the next institutional cycle” based on the Finnish Presidency’s issues note on the matter. Put simply, the Finnish Presidency identified hurdles to the development of the Capital Markets Union and proposed priority

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The EC announced their nomination of Mr Boštjan Jazbec as a member to the Single Resolution Board (SRB) in a press release on Wednesday 14th of February. Though Mr Jazbec has proven experience with monetary policy issues, for instance as the Governor of the Bank of Slovenia, critics cite his involvement in the Slovenian “institutional

On Wednesday, 7 June 2023, the European Commission will be hosting in Brussels the annual Joint Conference on European Financial Integration, organised with the European Central Bank (ECB). Guillaume Prache, BETTER FINANCE’s Managing Director, will give a speech on The consumer perspective on Banking Union and Capital Market Union. More information and registration

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BETTER FINANCE welcomes this opportunity to comment on the proposal for a regulation establishing the programme for a single market and competitiveness of enterprises which will continue to support the specific activities covered by the 2017-2020 Capacity-Building Programme enhancing the involvement of consumers and other financial services end-users in Union policy-making, as set out in

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As part of the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), BETTER FINANCE has joined forces with ShareAction and other NGOs to launch an EU Elections Manifesto, urging EU policymakers to take bold action on sustainable finance. Within this manifesto, we have outlined our key recommendations for the upcoming European Commission: Accelerate investments in Europe’s transition to

‘The Value of Financial Advice’ is an upcoming conference organized by Nordic Finance and the Good Society in Frederiksberg, Denmark. A number of esteemed keynote speakers from academia and the financial services sector will share their insights on the role of financial advice for financial decision-making. Register here.

BETTER FINANCE was quoted in a recent Reuters article on the ongoing discussion surrounding the European Union’s plans to enhance consumer protections in the financial services sector through its retail investment package. Notably, the EU aims to introduce ‘value for money’ safeguards as well as a ban on “inducements” for non-advised sales of investment products,

Transparency Task Force will hold a webinar about financial reporting, covering themes such as “Get real about financial reporting” and “The Financialisaton of Financial Reporting”. Stakeholders and experts will talk about “smoke and mirrors” and “conjuring tricks” and “insurance companies trading insolvent” and “Solvency 2 reforms”, amongst others. Addressing the inadequacies of financial reporting, the

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