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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

Renewed research by BETTER FINANCE finds that at least 30% of the main actively managed UCITS equity funds (those with a ‘fund benchmark’) still do not comply with key disclosure requirements for benchmarks as stipulated in EU Rules. In the face of persistent poor enforcement in our view in some major fund domiciles, BETTER FINANCE

Renewed research by BETTER FINANCE finds that at least 30% of the main actively managed UCITS equity funds (those with a ‘fund benchmark’ ) still do not comply with key disclosure requirements for benchmarks as stipulated in EU Rules. In the face of persistent poor enforcement in our view in some major fund domiciles, BETTER

On 20 September 2017 the European Commission (EC) announced its proposal to improve the supervision of European financial services as well as its revision of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). The prospect of such a key reform prompted BETTER FINANCE and other European user-side NGOs to form an alliance to ensure an ESAs reform that

Whereas in the US VW admitted its wrongdoing and set aside billions of dollars for car owners, European consumers are being left high and dry. VW claims that there is no need to compensate European consumers since according to them they did not suffer losses in the sense that the value of their cars did

Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reached two settlements with Citigroup Inc after two of its affiliates – Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC – were charged with failing to enforce policies designed to prevent and detect insider trading and misuse of non-public information and defrauding hedge fund investors

Yesterday’s General Assembly of Volkswagen AG delivered the expected results, despite heated discussion. This also applied to the resolution introduced by DSW for an independent special audit. DSW president Ulrich Hocker stated that, although they expected that the resolution would not obtain a majority vote, DSW remains convinced that an independent special audit should be

What started as an investigation into the widespread mis-selling practice known as “closet indexing” (claiming active fund management, whilst in reality merely tracking an index) has now taken on a new dimension. When it replicated the study into closet indexing by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in 2017 (and, unlike ESMA, disclosed the

Almost ten years have passed since the beginning of the financial crisis and individual investors and consumers in the EU are still far too often suffering from unscrupulous issuers and providers of financial services, including: The Foreign Exchange scandal, Volkswagen’s Dieselgate,hurting investors as well as car owners, Retail clients / investors in bailed-out or bailed-in

BETTER FINANCE’s full Response to the Targeted Consultation on SRDs – Shareholder Rights Directives (SRD1 and SRD2) for the European Commission by the CSES — [15 December 2023]. BETTER FINANCE advocates for the enforcement of investors’ and shareholders’ rights, underscoring the pivotal role of engagement as a cornerstone within robust green transition plans and corporate

The Retail Investment Strategy will be key in establishing a Capital Markets Union “that works for people”. The successful combined completion of the Retail Investor Strategy and the CMU Action Plan could generate a quantum leap in investor protection, empowerment and engagement, to their benefit and to the benefit of the CMU, sustainable investing and

On 27 July 2022 BETTER FINANCE wrote to Commissioner McGuinness to stress the importance of individual investors’ access to bias-free advice for the success of the Capital Markets Union and investor protection. In its letter BETTER FINANCE proposes a staggered approach as follows: Harmonising EU investor protection rules across all EU retail investment product sectors

On 12 November the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted a draft regulation limiting charges for cross-border payments within the EU and for currency conversion services by a broad cross-party majority. Such a regulation would mean that regardless of the currency, the same fees as for national payments within the EU will be

Whereas BETTER FINANCE welcomes the report of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance as a step in the right direction to promote a cleaner and fairer economy, it is also disappointed in the fact that the report essentially fails to address information and governance issues for sustainable finance products.

EIOPA issued its initial preliminary report on the creation of a single market for third-pillar pensions in the European Union. Following a request by the European Commission, EIOPA’s report looked at prudential regulations and the consumer protection measures needed to create a single market for personal pensions. EIOPA identified two feasible alternatives for the creation of a single market. One of the options on the table is the introduction

A jury last week found former UBS and Citi trader Tom Haynes guilty of eight counts of conspiring to manipulate the London interbank lending rate (LIBOR) which is based on the rate at which leading banks are willing to lend to one another and is used as the basis for setting financial contracts around the

Following Jean-Claude Juncker’s announced efforts to boost openness and transparency in the EU decision-making process when he took office in November 2014, Frans Timmermans, the European Commissioner in charge of Better Regulation, and his team adopted the Better Regulation Agenda this May. This Agenda includes : – communication on Better Regulation – the decision to set up a Regulatory Scrutiny Board – the decision to set

BETTER FINANCE and EU citizens as pension savers and individual investors, by their very nature, are strong supporters of ‘sustainable finance’: they are parents and citizens who want to leave a greener and better planet for their children, whose main saving goals – such as retirement, housing and transmission of wealth – are long-term oriented

Following Jean-Claude Juncker’s announced efforts to boost openness and transparency in the EU decision-making process when he took office in November 2014, Frans Timmermans, the European Commissioner in charge of Better Regulation, and his team adopted the Better Regulation Agenda this May. This Agenda includes : – communication on Better Regulation – the decision to set up a Regulatory Scrutiny Board – the decision to set

We welcome the opportunity to comment on Collective Redress. We regret though that the European Commission despite its long term awareness of the existing problems facing investors and all other users of financial services including SMEs, and despite recognition that the performance of the existing EU enforcement tools is not satisfactory, has not yet taken

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