EIOPA looks into costs and past performance of insurance and pension products

BETTER FINANCE welcomes the fourth report on insurance and pension products' costs and past performance published by the European Insurance ...
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VZMD Rejects Continued and Damaging Regulatory Pressures on its Association and ‘Share SUPPORT’ programme

This new statement follows on an earlier case where VZMD, the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders Association, opposed pressure on its 'Share SUPPORT' ...
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ESMA study confirms that actively managed funds underperform benchmarks, also in times of market stress

As stated by ESMA “the COVID-19 crisis offers the opportunity to test the hypothesis [often claimed by the industry] that ...
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Podcast: Are consumers being mis-sold investment funds?

BETTER FINANCE's Managing Director, Guillaume Prache, participated to the last episode (Are consumers being mis-sold investment funds?) of the podcast Fair ...
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Retail Investor Strategy: some inconvenient truths on biased advice

The European Union has two initiatives whose main objectives are to "ensure bias-free advice": the "Capital Markets Union" Action Plan and the EU Strategy for ...
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How is technology changing financial institutions?

Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital transformation due to the need to conduct more business remotely through digital channels ...
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Despite their major impact on returns, intermediation fees in France are increasingly high and opaque

There are differences between intermediated or "packaged" investments (life insurance, funds, savings plans, etc.) and direct investments in capital markets (ETFs, bonds, shares). Several independent studies indicate ...
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Belgian savers lose 22 billion euros in purchasing power

In 2021, assets placed in regulated savings accounts increased by 4.2 billion euros, reaching 274.4 billion euros, according to data ...
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Rapid ageing is the real challenge for the pension systems

The OECD has published a new edition of its research book Pensions at a Glance. The report highlights the pension reforms carried out by OECD countries ...
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