Traditionally, the dichotomy of investment models consists of active investing and passive investing, also known as indexing. To these two, financial researchers are striving to add a new category, which is commonly referred to as evidence-based investing. In the active investment sector, brokers and fund managers try to outperform the reported performances of indexes (simply,
The European Securities and Markets Authority announced its annual Conference on ‘The State of European Financial Markets’, to be held on the 17th of October in The Westin Grand Paris – Vendôme. The Conference is set to address the most important topics in the field of EU financial markets sector, such as perspectives for the
At the end of last year, the European Commission emphasised the potential high performance of green bonds, following a study it conducted on climate and environment investing. The Commission’s study revealed that the European green bond market developed rapidly since its launch in 2007, signalling growth both in the public and private sector issuances. Similarly,
In 2016, the European Commission adopted the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) widening the Insurance Mediation Directive’s (IMD) scope with the aim of increasing transparency of price and costs of insurance products. The new directive introduces a simple, standardized insurance product information document (IPID) which provides clearer information on non-life insurance products, so that consumers can
As more and more investors consider passive investing (and therefore lower management fees), the question whether active funds managers can stop this migration to passive funds looms large on the horizon. As alluded to by the Financial Times in one of its recent articles, a potential solution lies in a shift towards performance fees.
Saving Banco Popular… On the 7th of June, the European Commission approved the rules for the rescue plan of Banco Popular proposed by the Single Resolution Board under the EU bank recovery and resolution directive. The Bank was sold to Santander for a symbolic €1. The Commission endorsed the resolution scheme because the conditions for
The fallout from Dieselgate continues to harm VW’s reputation and market value, thereby negatively impacting investor interests. After one year and half of investigation, VW stands accused by OLAF of fraudulently securing € 400 million in loans from the EIB to develop the engine (equipped with the cheating software) at the heart of the Dieselgate
BETTER FINANCE has the pleasure to announce that Aleksandra Maczynska has just joined its Brussels team as number two. Read the Press Release here
According to a Belgian law passed in 1980, only professionals can benefit from a tax deduction. An individual shareholder of a foreign company will first be taxed abroad on his financial assets and will then be taxed in Belgium. In its ruling handed down by the Cour de Cassation, the Belgian judge pointed out that this law
Guillaume Prache, Managing Director of BETTER FINANCE spoke this morning at the Public Hearing on Sustainable Finance. He reminded that EU savers and individual investors are mostly long-term oriented (much more than institutional investors) and represent the main source of the long-term funding of the EU economy. Despite the fact that BETTER FINANCE was asked