"Pension Savings: The Real Return" was mentioned in an article in The Telegraph. The article focus on how British pensions perform "worse than in most of Europe". BETTER FINANCE’s report shows savers’ pension funds are worth 10 per cent less than in 2000 due to high charges in the UK. BETTER FINANCE, which lobbies the EU on
Guillaume Prache, Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE, was quoted in the Investment and Pensions Europe magazine on the draft proposal of the Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD) voted last week at the European Parliament. With non-insurance pension products still left aside, the final version of the revised directive will enter in the trialogue phase, with negotiations
EuroFinUse was quoted by the Financial News on the Regulation for Key Information Documents (KID) for investment products. Juan Manuel Viver, EuroFinUse’s Policy Officer, spoke on the fragmentation of MEPs’ views on the scope for the KID Regulation. Read the full article here
27 September 2016 –Daniel Godfrey, Founder of The Investor Forum & former head of the UK Investment Association Download the PDF version here. Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and Thank you for that very generous introduction Guillaume. I was honoured to be invited to make this keynote address to BETTER FINANCE’s Conference because of the
Dear Mr Draghi, I am writing this open letter to you, because I am deeply concerned about the old-age provisions of millions of EU-citizens. I am head of a consumer organization (the Bund der Versicherten) and we are fighting for the rights of the insured and we care about old-age provisions, too. Mainly we look
There seems to be a consensus that broadening and deepening EU Capital Markets – in order for these to complement the struggling and costly banking sector in the financing of the European economy – will be key to achieve the hitherto elusive growth Europe seeks. Crucially though, for the project to succeed, European citizens as
Financial products and services in Europe have a bad rep. Not only do “investment products, private pension and securities” persistently rank as the worst of all 31 consumer markets according to the annual EU Consumer Scoreboard1, these markets also lag considerably behind others in terms of cross-border trade, thereby severely limiting competitiveness. In short, financial
At the time of writing the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg is still examining the legitimacy of the 2013 decision by the Bank of Slovenia to expropriate all holders of subordinated bonds and shares in recapitalised Slovenian banks. Although few refer to it as such, the wiping out of shareholders’
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