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Survey: Withholding Tax on dividends for investors in the European Union

[ARCHIVED: This survey is now closed] The refund of withholding taxes on dividends – to avoid double taxation – can ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), In the news, Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

EU Commissioner reconfirms key objectives of Retail Investor Strategy in letter to BETTER FINANCE

In a letter to BETTER FINANCE, Commissioner McGuinness reconfirmed her commitment to the key objectives of the Retail Investor Strategy ...
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/ Capital Markets Union (CMU), In the news

Politico: Czech presidency tightens stock-trading crackdown plan in blow for Germany

The Czech Presidency of the Council tightened plans for an EU-wide ban on a controversial stock-trading practice despite opposition from ...
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/ In the news

US Regulator SEC and BETTER FINANCE fight the same fight for transparent and fair stock markets for individual investors

On Wednesday 14 December, the United Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed Regulation Best Execution, seeking to establish a best ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), In the news, Securities Markets & Trading

Wirecard | Trial of unprecedented financial fraud in Germany, opens in Munich

For a long time considered a model of German success story, the online payment company Wirecard collapsed in 2020 in ...
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/ In the news

FESE Conference: Unleashing Europe’s Capital Markets (28/11)

Keynote address by Jella Benner-Heinacher on market structures, “retail” investors, and payments for order flows (PFOF) Thank you for the ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Securities Markets & Trading, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

FT: Time to destigmatise khaki finance

| Original article from the FT, by Huw van Steenis, co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s finance council. | The ...
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/ Press Coverage, Sustainabe Finance

Survey: Shareholders’ experience of voting at AGMs across the EU (Shareholders’ Meetings)

[Archived: The Survey is now Closed] It's all about retail shareholder democracy in Europe! Did you try ...
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/ Press Coverage, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Financial Times: Digital platforms fuel European ETF growth spurt

For years, European investors have paid higher fees and have found it more difficult to access low-cost, passively managed products ...
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/ Press Coverage

F2iC Press Release | If the shareholder is truly the owner of the company, then his vote should be binding.

On 14 April F2iC - one of BETTER FINANCE's French member organisations - issued a press release arguing that the ...
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/ Press Coverage, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance