French Financial Markets Authority (AMF): what about the voice of savers?
Faced with the risk of "regulatory capture", six civil society co-signatories representing “small” savers and “minority” investors call on the ...
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BETTER FINANCE reinforces its Research and Policy Team
BETTER FINANCE is very pleased to welcome Sébastien Commain to the BETTER FINANCE Team in Brussels where he has started ...
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Risk of greenwashing as ESMA proposes to relax eco-label requirements
According to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) recent study on the EU Eco-label awarded to green retail financial ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Understanding the Costs and Performance of ESG Funds
An analysis by ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, has shed light on the costs and performance of Environmental, ...
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