Algorithm cartels

Algorithm cartels

Fideres conducted a research on potential cartel behaviours in the use of algorithms. Today algorithmic pricing allows online retailers to ...
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All managers underperformed the Dutch stock market over a period of five years

All managers underperformed the Dutch stock market over a period of five years

Active funds in Europe focused on Dutch equities have the worst record for underperforming their benchmarks, with 100% of them ...
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More Union for the EU's IPO Market

More Union for the EU’s IPO Market

An EU-wide market for initial public offerings, or IPOs, and other issuances is vital to allow a Capital Markets Union ...
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CONAPA press release on the home banking initiative for individual shareholders

CONAPA, the Association representing individual Italian shareholders released a press release concerning the initiative by Bruno Tabacci, MP and Chairman ...
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The tide turns for asset managers

The tide turns for asset managers

Profit margins in the asset-management industry were 39% in 2014, according to BCG, a consultancy, compared with 8% in consumer ...
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Draghi puts an end to the financial repression of European savers

Draghi puts an end to the financial repression of European savers

In a surprise announcement this morning, the ECB’s President Mario Draghi announced a significant hike in interest rates, thereby putting ...
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ADICAE Candidates to the regulatory body of the Spanish stock market

Two of BETTER FINANCE’s members, Manuel Pardos Vicente and Fernando Herrero Sáez de Eguilaz from ADICAE, were nominated on the ...
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Panama Papers: European sanctions against the aides of tax evaders

Panama Papers: European sanctions against the aides of tax evaders

Following a masterpiece of transnational investigative journalism, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Le Monde and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) ...
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A Kafkaesque conspiracy on executive pay

A Kafkaesque conspiracy on executive pay

Regulators and supposedly some shareholders are worried about high pay in the ever-powerful investment industry. Corporate governance teams at these ...
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US Labour Department's historic rule beating Wall Street and putting retirement savers’ best interests first

US Labour Department’s historic rule beating Wall Street and putting retirement savers’ best interests first

Better Markets applauds labour Department's (DOL) historic rule beating Wall Street and putting retirement savers’ best interests first by requiring ...
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