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Juan Manuel Viver, Policy Officer at BETTER FINANCE, was quoted in Ignites Europe – the Financial Times’ supplement covering the funds industry – on the call for a cap on the number of fund board directorships held by some Irish industry professionals. The call by a senior EU financial consumer advocate comes following a study carried out by the Irish fund industry regulator which showed that 13 individuals held

MEP Mairead McGuinness from the Irish Party Fine Gael has been appointed commissioner for financial services, stability and capital markets union as Ireland loses the key trade portfolio following the resignation of Phil Hogan, a fellow Fine Gael polititian. At a press briefing on Tuesday this week, the president from the European Commission Ursula von der

The Central Bank of Ireland is investigating almost 200 investment funds for possible mis-selling after the financial regulator launched a probe into the practice of asset management companies hawking expensive, supposedly market-beating funds that only track the index. While the Irish regulator said it had carried out a “detailed inspection” of 2,550 funds, there is

Shortly after its release, the new research by BETTER FINANCE on the Correlation between Costs and Performance of EU Retail Equity Funds has been picked up by media outlets across  Europe. The study is based on a very large sample of funds  (1,970 active funds), with BETTER FINANCE covering equity funds domiciled in France, Luxembourg

After a confusing few weeks, Monday`s Eurogroup meeting announced that Spain`s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos is set to be the new vice-president of the European Central Bank’s Executive Board (ECB EB). Following a face-off with Irish central banker Phillip Lane and intense lobbying by Spanish PM Rajoy, Mr Lane`s pull-out of the race on

An individual investor might be worried about the funds he picks or about his assets manager, but according to the theory called “behaviour gap”, the investor should first be worried about…himself. This tendency for investors to underperform the funds they are invested in is called the “behaviour gap”.  The following hypothesis illustrates this theory: •

Brexit has begun to create a shift of financial regulation within Europe. With the resignation of Britain’s EU Commissioner in charge of financial services, Jonathan Hill, Britain is seeing its influence within Europe dissolve. During an interview with the FT, Lord Hill discussed the shift of power that will affect British financial institutions and the

The Irish regulator will launch the "largest ever investigation in Europe" into the fees asset managers charge investors in order to assess whether the investment products offer "value for money", reports the Financial Times. The probe comes after several countries launched investigations into closet trackers in recent months, including Sweden, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In

On June 12, the Federation of European Securities Exchanges published a press release, calling for the deletion of Equity OTFs. Neutral, efficient and competitive trading environment is best promoted by requiring BCNs to qualify as MTFs. FESE urges the Irish Presidency and Member States to follow the European Parliament’s approach to delete OTFs for equities.

According to The Guardian, a group of UK Labour MPs believes pension savers should be allowed to question retirement fund managers and to elect trustees to occupational schemes. The demand follows a string of critical reports on the pension fund industry including BETTER FINANCE’s "Pension Savings: The Real Return" in which it is concluded that in Britain, pension

On November 28th BETTER FINANCE and FESE will be hosting a webinar on ‘Enhancing Retail Participation in Capital Markets Through Pension Products’. As part of European Retirement Week 2023, the webinar will assess the Retail Investment Strategy’s impact on pension investments in capital markets and explore the reasons behind Europeans’ limited investment in pension products.

Transparency Task Force will hold a webinar about financial reporting, covering themes such as “Get real about financial reporting” and “The Financialisaton of Financial Reporting”. Stakeholders and experts will talk about “smoke and mirrors” and “conjuring tricks” and “insurance companies trading insolvent” and “Solvency 2 reforms”, amongst others. Addressing the inadequacies of financial reporting, the

On 23 March, MEPs Isabel Benjumea and Stéphanie Yon-Courtin addressed the Global Money Week webinar on “Investor Education in times of High Inflation, Financial Repression & Market Volatility” jointly organised by BETTER FINANCE and EFAMA. Please find their respective full speeches below. Excerpts: Isabel Benjumea: “Investor education is a key tool for the completion of

Webinar jest częścią cyklu webinarów edukacyjnych „ESG od podstaw”

Webinar jest częścią cyklu webinarów edukacyjnych „ESG od podstaw”

Webinar jest częścią cyklu webinarów edukacyjnych „ESG od podstaw”

BETTER FINANCE - FESE Webinar | Enhancing Retail Participation in Capital Markets Through Pension Products Videos BF - FESE Webinar | Enhancing Retail Participation in Capital Markets Through Pension Products View More Exclusion vs. Engagement: Façonner un avenir durable avec vos investissements [French] View More International Conference on the EU Retail Investment Strategy The Real

The Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) compromise currently on the table for a European Parliament vote blatantly disregards the interests of retail investors and the establishment of a competitive Capital Markets Union (CMU). Should Ms Yon-Courtin’s proposed compromise be approved by the ECON committee on 20th March and subsequently put to a plenary vote one month

BETTER FINANCE endorses the FSUG’s call for improved ‘Value for Money’ in retail investments. The focus is on enhancing the effectiveness of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) to contribute significantly to investors’ financial well-being. The FSUG emphasises the responsibility of product manufacturers to design products that boost investors’ financial wealth and urges supervisors

⬇️ Read or download BETTER FINANCE’s Individual Investors’ Key Priorities for 2024-2029 below. ⬇️ Let’s harness the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) potential to benefit our citizens as financial consumers, retail investors and pension savers, as well as our planet, the economy, and for future generations. This will ensure Europe’s prosperity and security in a rapidly

DG FISMA will be organising a roundtable on January 25th, 2024 at 10:00, where Aleksandra Maczynska, Acting Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE will address the panel on ‘Opportunities from a shorter settlement cycle in the EU’.

The Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) started applying in March 2021 and requires financial market participants and financial advisers to disclose at entity and product levels how they integrate sustainability risks and principal adverse impacts in their processes at both entity and product levels. It also introduces additional product disclosures for sustainable financial products making

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce a new collaboration with SASV (Schweizerischer Anlegerschutzverein), the Swiss Investor Protection Association, further expanding its pan-European network. SASV is dedicated to promoting transparency within the Swiss capital market and advancing investor rights. This partnership with BETTER FINANCE aims to bolster the representation of Swiss individual investors and shareholders on

Brussels, 14 December 2023 – On December 11th, the BETTER FINANCE Scientific Council convened to discuss next year’s research program and to elect a new chairperson. The Council recommended that BETTER FINANCE continues to build on the extensive research conducted by the team and expressed support for the 2024 research program, including further research on

The Lithuanian Investors Association and BETTER FINANCE, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, are organising the annual BETTER FINANCE International Investors’ Conference, scheduled to take place in Vilnius on May 30, 2024. The conference, titled “Vilnius 2024 | Shaping the Future of Finance,” will delve into various topics encompassing European and Baltic

Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Time: 14h00 – 18h00 | Place: University Foundation, 11 Rue d’Egmont, 1000 Brussels PROGRAMME 13h30 – 14h00 | Registration & Coffee 14h00 – 14h10 | Welcome | Aleksandra Mączyńska, Acting Managing Director, BETTER FINANCE 14h10 – 14h30 | Keynote Speech | José Manuel Campa, Chair, European Banking Authority (EBA)

The “Swiss Association for the Protection of Investors” (Schweizerische Anlegerschutzverein) is committed to transparency on the Swiss capital market and the promotion and enforcement of investor rights in Switzerland. Its purpose is to protect the interests of investors with regard to financial investments and to support them in the enforcement of their corporate and economic

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