SFDR Reform: New Labels, Same Greenwashing Risk?
Will Europe’s new sustainability product categories finally help individual investors, or simply give greenwashing a new name? As negotiations on the proposed revision of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) move ...
Europe Wants Citizens to Invest. So Why Does the Tax System Punish Them?
Europe wants its citizens to invest more of their savings in capital markets. Yet across Europe, tax systems can make investing unnecessarily complex, favour certain savings products over others and ...
Transition Investing Moves from Commitments to Outcomes, but Investors Still Cannot Compare Progress, New BETTER FINANCE Report Finds
BETTER FINANCE published its annual assessment of whether transition investing is giving individual investors the tools to identify credible opportunities and whether capital is contributing to measurable change in the ...
EU Crypto Investors Still Struggle to Find Basic Information Despite MiCA
Researchers expose major gaps in disclosures as crypto becomes increasingly mainstream Crypto is going mainstream in Europe, but investors still cannot always find the essential information they need to understand ...
European shareholders call time on “postcode lottery” AGMs
New BETTER FINANCE survey reveals fragmented rules, persistent barriers, and risks of weakening individual shareholder voice across Europe A new Europe-wide survey by BETTER FINANCE members and coordinated by its ...
BETTER FINANCE Backs Cross-Sector Call for EU Code of Conduct to Tackle Online Fraud and Scams
BETTER FINANCE has joined a broad coalition of stakeholders calling on the European Commission to establish a dedicated Digital Services Act (DSA) Code of Conduct on online fraud and scams, ...
BETTER FINANCE Warns Against “Retailisation” of Risky Private Markets as EU Pushes Citizens Towards Illiquid Investments
European retail investors are being encouraged to allocate a greater proportion of their savings to long-term investments, particularly in private markets and European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs). But new research ...
Reykjavík Conference Highlights Need for Fairer Taxation to Protect Savers and Strengthen Retail Investment in Europe
On Thursday 18 June, policymakers, economists, investor representatives and market experts gathered at Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavík for BETTER FINANCE's international conference Protecting Purchasing Power: Taxation, Inflation and Investments ...
EU Pension Reform: BETTER FINANCE Welcomes Improvement But Warns Savers Still Lack Power, Transparency, and Fair Returns
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the European Commission’s new “Supplementary Pensions Package”, which includes proposed reforms to occupational pensions (IORP II), the Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP), and new recommendations on pension tracking ...
EU Sustainable Finance Rules Must Deliver Clarity, Credibility and Real Impact for Citizens, Says BETTER FINANCE
BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to revise the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), stressing that the reform must put ...
