On Tuesday, 19 September from 15:00 to 16:30 in the European Parliament in Brussels, a public hearing on the “New EU common system for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax abuse in the area of withholding taxes” will take place. The hearing aims to address the burdensome withholding tax refund procedures for
Today the appointment of Charles-Henri d’Auvigny as a member of the Board of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) was announced. The Board is the highest governance body of the AMF, whose primary legal mission is the protection of savings. Charles-Henri d’Auvigny is President of the F2IC (Fédération des Investisseurs Individuels et des Clubs d’Investissement)
Explanations A differential pricing mechanism in insurance contracts describes a practice by which an insurance company adapts the cost or price of the product/service on considerations other than the expected risk premia or estimated expenses. Put simply, prices will reflect how proactive or passive a client is (shop around or not) rather than the risk
BETTER FINANCE and its member organisations representing individual, minority shareholders see the framework for sound functioning and trustworthy listed issuers as comprising three key dimensions: first, sustainable corporate governance (corporate reporting); second, robust statutory audit market; and sound supervision, both of listed issuers and of auditing firms. In terms of corporate governance, we believe that
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the establishment of Pension Tracking Systems (PTS) in each EU Member State as a pivotal step towards achieving pension adequacy. EU citizens, being able to easily monitor the status of their pensions pot, will be more aware and prone to actively engage with their retirement savings plans. As such, it will constitute