Joint Press Release of Investors and Business Organisations on Sustainable Corporate Governance
Business and individual investors organisations issue statement on the European Commission’s upcoming initiative on sustainable corporate governance. BETTER FINANCE joined ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges ...
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Commissioner McGuinness: “Putting people at the heart of the financial system is part of my vision”
On 22 April at the BETTER FINANCE’s international conference, high-level speakers and over 350 registered participants debated “How to make the EU Capital Markets Union (‘CMU’) work for people?”. For ...
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The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) re-appoints BETTER FINANCE candidate as only Board Member representing Retail Investors
BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce that Jella Benner-Heinacher, the Deputy Chief Director of the Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz (DSW) and BETTER FINANCE Vice-President, was appointed to the Board of ...
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Capital Markets Union at Risk as European “Retail” Investors have less and less access to Equity Market Data
Access to equity market data is essential for “retail” investors to make informed investment decisions. However, new research by BETTER FINANCE [1] found that online equity market data published by the ...
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Spanish lawyer José F. Estévez appointed in Paris as member of the Advisory Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
16 February 2021 - José F. Estévez, Managing Partner of CREMADES & CALVO-SOTELO ABOGADOS, has been appointed as a member of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Corporate Finance ...
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European Financial Users further increase Participation in European Financial Policymaking
BETTER FINANCE is happy to announce that The European Banking Authority’s Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG) selected one of its previous vice-chairs, Alin Iacob, to join the BSG again. Alin Iacob ...
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Joint BETTER FINANCE and CFA Institute Statement on the overdue PRIIPs Regulation review and UCITS funds’ exemption
EU authorities should prioritise the long overdue full PRIIPs Regulation review, and the UCITS funds’ exemption should be extended until this review is completed, as intended by EU Law. The ...
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European Robo Advice Market fails to take off, despite showing Promise for Individual Investors
BETTER FINANCE publishes the fifth annual edition of its research into Robo Advisors following mystery-shopping covering 13 Europe-based platforms and 4 non-European ones. The Robo Advice sector continues to grow ...
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In Memory of Wilhelm Rasinger – the Champion of Austrian Individual Shareholders
It is with great sadness that BETTER FINANCE learned on Monday 14 December 2020 that Wilhelm Rasinger, President of the Austrian Association for Investors (Interessenverbandes für Anleger – IVA) passed ...
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