Pensioners in the dark: no transparency in sight for life insurance products
Individual European investors and consumers are in danger of losing out as Regulations from Brussels aimed at protecting their interests are facing indefinite delay and drastic dilution ...
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Retail Investors losing out to stalled legislation
The Regulation for a Key Information Document (KID) for Investment Products faces serious threats from within the European Parliament itself. The stalled financial package concerns a simple information document that ...
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Europe is setting up institutions specifically created for financial repression
For the first time Financial Repression was the topic of an international conference organised in Vienna, attended by prominent authorities from the world of finance ...
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EuroFinUse calls for more consistency in summary information for investors
The Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (ECON) voted yesterday on the Regulation for a Key Information Document for investment products (formerly known as “PRIPs”). EuroFinUse praises the ...
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EuroFinUse and IVA International Conference on Financial Repression: “The Lesser Evil or Institutionalised Theft?”
On October 18, EuroFinUse and the Austrian Shareholder Association (IVA) held an international conference on “The Financial Repression of Savers and Investors”, in Vienna. International authorities from the private and ...
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Industry representation still considerably outnumbers end-users in EIOPA stakeholder groups
On Friday 4 October 2013 EIOPA announced the appointment of the members of their stakeholder groups. Whilst reserving judgement until more information is available, EuroFinUse is cautiously optimistic about the ...
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EuroFinUse releases its research report on the real return of pension savings.
The European Federation of Financial Services Users releases its research report on the real return of pension savings. This research confirms, broadens and deepens the OECD 2012 Pensions Reportconclusions which ...
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Parliament Vote on the Audit Reform: A Small Step in the Right Direction
The EU Parliament JURI Committee has voted on 26 April on the new proposals aimed at reforming the audit profession looking to increase audit quality and investor renew confidence in ...
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Cyprus bailout reinforces financial repression
EuroFinUse strongly opposes the bank crisis approach of holding depositors responsible for bank failures. We therefore welcome the clarification of Mr. Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup, stating that -contrary to ...
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EuroFinUse International Conference on the Audit Reform
On 26 March, EuroFinUse, the only organisation dedicated to defend the rights of European financial services users, organised a high-level conference on the audit reform, hosted by British MEP Sajjad ...
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