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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​​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 ...

BETTER FINANCE Responds to ESMA’s Consultation on Simplifying the EU Taxonomy Disclosure Framework

BETTER FINANCE supports ESMA’s efforts to simplify EU Taxonomy reporting. The current framework can be complex and, in some areas, requires significant reporting effort without always providing investors with equally ...

European shareholders call time on “postcode lottery” AGMs

New BETTER FINANCE survey reveals fragmented rules, persistent barriers, and risks of weakening individual shareholder voice across Europe A new Europe-wide survey by BETTER FINANCE members and coordinated by its ...

Evidence from AGMs: Fixing Europe’s Fragmented Shareholder Rights Framework (2025-2026)

BETTER FINANCE and IVA surveyed retail investor representatives across 15 European jurisdictions (13 EU Member States, together with the UK and Switzerland) to examine how shareholder rights work in practice ...

BETTER FINANCE Backs Cross-Sector Call for EU Code of Conduct to Tackle Online Fraud and Scams

BETTER FINANCE has joined a broad coalition of stakeholders calling on the European Commission to establish a dedicated Digital Services Act (DSA) Code of Conduct on online fraud and scams, ...

BETTER FINANCE and Partners Urge DG HOME to Act on Online Fraud and Scams

A multi-stakeholder DSA Code of Conduct on online fraud and scams is urgently needed Dear Executive Vice-President Virkkunen, Dear Commissioner Brunner, We write as a broad coalition of organisations concerned ...

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