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As consumers, we have all been ripped off at some point in our lives by a dishonest company or service provider. We have all been a victim of a scam, small or large, and lost money due to the mis-selling of, or misinformation about, one product or another. Most of the time the amount of

An article from the FT on the ongoing opposition to the PRIIPs KID rules reiterates the industry’s growing concerns that the disclosure requirements on costs and charges for investment products generate the opposite result of that aimed by the Regulation. Alongside voices on the professional side, Guillaume Prache – Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE –

Support a BETTER FINANCE for all!➤ Donate via the Fondation de France ℹ️ Residents from France are eligible for tax deduction receipts. ◆ Make a donation online ➡︎ donate here [Fondation de France ‘TGE’ webpage] ➥ click the 'Belgium/Belgique' drop-down menu, find 'TGE - Better Finance' from the list, and choose your gift amount (one-off

BETTER FINANCE continued its research series into Robo-advice with this seventh annual edition (2022), mapping a sample of platforms that provide online Robo-advisory investing services, by analysing their (automated) advice process in terms of transparency, costs, portfolio composition, suitability and sustainability options and preferences for the client. This edition’s analysis focuses on Robo-advisors’ ability to

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

AirbusWirecardVolkswagenAirbus BETTER FINANCE, The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, joins forces with Stichting Investor Loss Compensation (SILC), assisting Airbus shareholders to recover losses resulting from Airbus’ involvement in bribery practices and other wrongful conducts. Largest ever penalty on global bribery practices | On 31 January 2020, Airbus – the global supplier of aircraft, and

How to make sure you can fully participate and enhance your experience as a sustainable retail investor in the market? ASK Take a closer look at the product information sheet to determine how “green” the investment product really is and whether it corresponds to your own ideas of a sustainable investment. It is always advisable

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Definitions are constantly evolving around the key concepts of sustainability but jurisdictions, regulators, and international organisations around the globe agree on the common elements of each of the below.

28 November 2018 – Yesterday evening Euroshareholders, the shareholders branch of BETTER FINANCE, announced the winners of the 2018 Euroshareholders Awards at a ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany. This year, the Euroshareholders’ “Shareholder-friendly” Award, awarded to a DAX 30 company with the most shareholder-friendly director’s pay system, went to Merck. The evaluation criteria for this award

28 November 2018 – Yesterday evening Euroshareholders, the shareholders branch of BETTER FINANCE, announced the winners of the 2018 Euroshareholders Awards at a ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany. This year, the Euroshareholders’ “Shareholder-friendly” Award, awarded to a DAX 30 company with the most shareholder-friendly director’s pay system, went to Merck.

As of July 1st, 2023, Guillaume Prache will step down as Managing Director and Aleksandra Mączyńska, currently Executive Director, will become Acting Managing Director. Matis Joab, currently Finance Officer, will become Executive Director. Aleksandra and Matis will form the Executive Team together with Arnaud Houdmont, who was named Director of Communication last March. In 2017,

It is with great sadness that BETTER FINANCE learned on Monday 14 December 2020 that Wilhelm Rasinger, President of the Austrian Association for Investors (Interessenverbandes für Anleger – IVA) passed away. He was a great friend of our organisation and, even before his close involvement with the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users,

We were very saddened to learn of the death of Martin Morton at the age of 87. Martin represented UKSA, one of BETTER FINANCE’s member organisations from the UK, at countless BETTER FINANCE (and Euroshareholders before that) meetings in Brussels and engaged all present in lively debates. His rich insights in all matters related to

It is with sadness that BETTER FINANCE learned that Soner Bahcuvan recently passed away. He was a great friend of our organisation and, apart from his close involvement with the European Federation of Investors, instrumental in involving Boryad – the Turkish Exchange Traders Association – with Euroshareholders and then with BETTER FINANCE. All members of

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    The goal of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users ‒ BETTER FINANCE (BF) ‒ is to act as an independent financial expertise center to the direct benefit of European financial services users. Those include individual and small shareholders, fund and other retail investors, savers, pension fund participants, life insurance policyholders,

At the EuroFinUse General Assembly, on 25 March 2013, Jean Berthon was elected as President to head the one and only organization dedicated to defend the rights of financial users. On January 1st 2013, Euroshareholders and EuroFinUse – the two European organizations representing individual shareholders, investors, savers and other financial services users – merged to

At the EuroFinUse General Assembly, on 25 March 2013, Jean Berthon was elected as President to head the one and only organization dedicated to defend the rights of financial users. On January 1st 2013, Euroshareholders and EuroFinUse – the two European organizations representing individual shareholders, investors, savers and other financial services users – merged to

Intangibles are critical to the business model of many companies, and fundamental for explaining the value creation process particularly as we continue to move towards a knowledge-based economy. Notwithstanding their relevance, they largely do not appear on financial statements or in the related disclosures, especially when they are internally generated. In this light, EFRAG (the

Corporate social responsibility and pro-environmentalism has gained importance among consumers too often providing incentives for producers to brand unsustainable products as green or environmentally friendly. Research on product labelling suggests that “green” has become an important retail strategy and more and more products on the market are labelled as environmentally friendly. Therefore, green labels may

The European federation of retail investors, BETTER FINANCE, has criticised the new composition of stakeholder groups at the European supervisory authorities, branding it “a step backwards with regard to a balanced representation between industry and consumers in EU financial rulemaking.” Read the full article here.

LUXEMBOURG, 4 NOVEMBER 2019  – Document optimisation company More Carrot has completed what is believed to be the industry’s first study of UCITS prospectuses. The findings shed light on a range of issues, including who uses prospectuses, the main purposes of use, what types of information they look for and how easy it is to

The EU CMU project aims to rebalance the funding for the EU economy from banks to capital markets. The key requisite for this to happen is to foster retail investments into capital markets. Following a proposal from BETTER FINANCE, the EC added a new CMU action in 2017 to “develop best practices in employee share

BETTTER FINANCE wishes to congratulate ESMA for quickly making use of its brand new (03/01/2018) product intervention powers granted by MiFID II to ban or restrict the distribution of toxic investment products to retail clients. As asked many times in the past by BETTER FINANCE , the ESAs are now eventually empowered with broader product

In a letter addressed to the German Federal Minister of Economy and Energy, the Foundation expresses its disappointment regarding the absence of an answer to the letter sent to the Federal Minister in April 2017.  As a reminder, the Stichting Volkswagen Investors Claim represents German and international investors (shareholders and bondholders of VW), who in

According to a survey carried out by Ernst & Young (EY), Europe’s retail investors have a lower understanding of investment products than their counterparts in the US and Asia. The survey, covering 42 managers representing 30% of regulated funds, including Europe’s Ucits funds, concludes that this presents a major challenge for managers’ growth aspirations. Michael Fergusson, regulated funds leader at EY,

According to a survey carried out by Ernst & Young (EY), Europe’s retail investors have a lower understanding of investment products than their counterparts in the US and Asia. The survey, covering 42 managers representing 30% of regulated funds, including Europe’s UCITS funds, concludes that this presents a major challenge for managers’ growth aspirations. Michael Fergusson, regulated funds leader at EY, believes

Towards the end of 2017 Deutsche Bank announced that it will rebrand its asset management division, Deutsche Asset Management. The division is soon to be floated as a partnership limited by shares, or a KGaA (Komandit), a corporate structure that will give minority shareholders limited influence over the entity. The IPO is about to be