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Euroshareholders

As part of BETTER FINANCE and through the EuroVote platform, Euroshareholders represents the interest of individual shareholders and seeks to improve corporate governance in the European Union.

EuroInvestors

BETTER FINANCE represents individual investors other than shareholders and keeps a close eye on crucial developments in terms of sustainable finance and the development of a Capital Markets Union.

EuroFinUse

BETTER FINANCE represents all other users of financial services across the European Union and works to improve horizontal issues such as supervision, enforcement and investor education.

Latest News

EU Review misses Key Issue on Key Disclosure docs

Earlier in February, the ESAs - the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority, and the European Insurance ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), EuroInvestors, Life Insurance & Pensions, News, Packaged Investment Products

230 stocks under liquidity threat from Brexit as obscure Mifid II rule strikes

Christian Voigt, a senior regulatory adviser at Fidessa, and former vice president at Deutsche Boerse has published a blog post ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), EuroInvestors, News, Securities Markets & Trading

Brussels targets large index fund managers on ‘common ownership’

European lawmakers have taken aim at the influence of the largest index fund managers. Last week the European Parliament cited ...
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/ EuroShareHolders, News, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

Investment returns reduced significantly by fees, ESMA finds

A report, presented by the pan-European financial regulator ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, shows a significant drain on ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), EuroInvestors, News, Packaged Investment Products, Supervision & Redress

Jack Bogle (May 8, 1929 – January 16, 2019)

Jack Bogle founded the Vanguard Group in 1975 as a non-profit mutual fund company exclusively owned by its clients with ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), EuroInvestors, Financial Education, News, Sustainabe Finance

More ESG integration to achieve financial stability and higher returns?

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) will analyse the exposure of European pension funds’ to “ESG” factors in ...
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/ Capital Markets (equity & bonds), EuroInvestors, Financial Reporting & Audit, Life Insurance & Pensions, News, Sustainabe Finance

EU Auditors Up Ante in Fight with ECB Over Document Access

The European Union’s auditors are doubling down their fight with the European Central Bank, citing three occasions on which it ...
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/ Banking, EuroFinUse, EuroInvestors, Financial Reporting & Audit, News

Three ways the fund industry can address the trust deficit

Proxy advisers have been mired in controversy due to perceived conflicts of interest and doubts about the adequacy of their ...
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/ EuroInvestors, EuroShareHolders, News, Other, Shareholder Rights & Corporate Governance

A better deal for consumers: Commission welcomes agreement on cheaper cross-border payments and fairer currency conversions

This week, on the 19 December, the new rules for cross-border payments have been given a green light by EU, ...
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ESMA ANNOUNCED THE NEW MEMBERS OF ITS SECURITIES AND MARKETS STAKEHOLDER GROUP (SMSG)- FOUR OF THEM ARE FROM BETTER FINANCE AND ITS MEMBER ORGANISATIONS

On 6 December the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the new composition of its Securities and Markets Stakeholder ...
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