Date: 5th October 2016
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On the 26th of April, Funds Europe published an article on the challenges faced by consumers investing in financial products, tackling the issue in light of the upcoming public hearing -set for the 29th of June- and the EC`s "Study on the distribution systems of retail investment products".

Called upon to comment, BETTER FINANCE highlighted the grim picture drawn by the study, stating that: "The EC study confirms BETTER FINANCE`s findings, i.e. that investment products are not bought but sold, and that an average individual investor is not able to differentiate between the benefits and risk of different types of advice".