Ensure a Level Playing Field for ELTIFs to Take Off
With merely 22 active funds, of which just a handful are marketed and distributed to individual, non-professional (“retail”) investors, the EU Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIF) market is still struggling to ...
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The 2020 shareholder meetings harmed shareholder rights and often severely
The annual general meeting (AGM) is the cornerstone of shareholder democracy and an essential part of sound corporate governance. Not only are AGMs the place where shareholders get to vote ...
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Greek individual investors join BETTER FINANCE via HELINAS
4 December 2020 – BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of a new member organisation in Greece. HELINAS, the Hellenic Investors Association, is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in ...
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BETTER FINANCE corrects PensionsEurope’s mudslinging allegations on Bulgarian pension returns
On 25 September 2020, BETTER FINANCE released the eighth edition of its research report on the Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings. More than a month later, on 5 ...
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Wirecard abuse review by ESMA reveals significant failures and conflicts of interests in national financial supervision and the need for effective collective redress for abused investors
BETTER FINANCE thanks the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for its “peer review” report on the Wirecard scandal. It is quite revealing of the many failures and conflicts of ...
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Dismantling the Estonian Pension System is not the Answer
On Tuesday, 20 October 2020, the Supreme Court of Estonia ruled that the current government’s hotly contested pensions “reform” is not unconstitutional. The reform is set to dismantle the foundation ...
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European Parliament Reports on Capital Markets Union and Digital Finance: Retail Investors Finally at the Centre of EU Financial Policy?
Today the European Parliament (EP) voted on the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee’s own-initiative report on the further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU).[1] The report calls for ...
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The Advent of Corona Pensions – 2020 is the Turning Point for Pension Policies
24 September 2020 - BETTER FINANCE releases the eighth edition of its report on the Real Return of Long-Term and Pension Savings, which marks a new milestone for the series, ...
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All Talk, Little Action: European Commission releases watered down Capital Markets Union (CMU) Action Plan
24 September 2020 – The European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) published a third action plan to build a Capital Markets ...
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Stakeholders and authorities show faith in European Personal Pension (PEPP)
PEPP only called into question by finance industry due to high costs for intermediaries 22 September 2020 - The latest draft of the Pan-European Personal Pension (PEPP) delegated (level 2) ...
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