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BETTER FINANCE and BEUC published a Joint Public Letter concerning the collective redress file in light of the recently published Final Report of the High-Level Forum on the Future of the Capital Markets Union, reaffirming the necessity of creating a pan-EU collective redress mechanism that does not exclude European citizens as financial consumers and individual

On the 13th of June, BETTER FINANCE, BEUC and the Observatoire de l’Epargne Européenne will hold a seminar on Financial Guidance at the Royal Librairy Meeting Center in Brussels.  Financial Guidance can be defined as a process of determining an individual’s financial goals and purposes in life and life’s priorities, and after considering his resources,

BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, sent a letter to EU Commissioner Hill regarding the MiFID II delay. BEUC argues that MiFID II rules would increase investor protection and that consumers would greatly benefit from their implementation. Considering that the main obstacles in implementing the law are linked to the part on reporting duties, which are

The Regulation for a Key Information Document (KID) for Investment Products faces serious threats from within the European Parliament itself.  In order to present a united front on behalf of the hundreds of millions of European consumers and individual investors and draw attention to this travesty, EuroFinUse joined forces with Finance Watch and BEUC (the

On 18 January 2013, EuroFinuse will meet with the delegation of EBA and the BEUC delegation of consumer representatives to discuss amongst other topics consumer issues, biased advice and inappropriate selling issues, the EBA mandate and its role in the banking union proposal as well as shareholder participation in EU banks governance. Conclusions of this

In order to present a united front on behalf of the hundreds of millions of European consumers and individual investors and draw attention to the serious threats KID Regulation faces from within the European Parliament itself, EuroFinUse joined forces with Finance Watch and BEUC (the European Consumer Organisation). To this end a letter was sent

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

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.

On 19 October 2023, BETTER FINANCE together with BEUC, Finance Watch and WWF, published a public letter addressed to Ms. Yon-Courtin and to the European Parliament’s shadow rapporteurs, expressing disappointment in the Omnibus and PRIIPs draft report in the Retail Investment Strategy file. ➡ BETTER FINANCE Position Paper on the Retail Investment Strategy ➡ BETTER

  The roundtable on the distribution of retail financial products will bring together representatives of key industry and consumer stakeholders. This meeting aims to launch a reflection on issues related to the retail investments market’s current practices, as well as relevant technological and societal trends. ‘Interventions by stakeholders’ will take place between 9:10 – 10:00

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce that two of its members have been selected for the renewal of the Investment Management Standing Committee Consultative Working Group (CWG). Jean Medernach – President of Investas in Luxemburg and Jean Berthon (President of GAIPARE and Vice-President of BETTER FINANCE) have been selected for a renewable term of two

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is seeking two candidates to represent the interests of consumers, as members of its Securities Markets Stakeholders Group (SMSG). The SMSG helps to facilitate consultation between ESMA, its Board of Supervisors and stakeholders on ESMA’s areas of responsibility and provides technical advice on its policy development. This helps to

On the 7th of February 2017, Guillaume Prache, Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE, Gunnar Ek from Aktiespararna and Marc Mathieu, Secretary General of the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership will be speaking at a roundtable organized by the European Commission’s Directorate General FISMA.   The roundtable will be organized in three sessions with the first

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of two new member organisations: the Bulgarian Financial Forum (BFF), active in the protection of consumers in the financial area in Bulgaria, and the Bund der Versicherten (Association of the Insured), safeguarding the interest of the insured in Germany. Both organisations join now  forces with Better Finance to

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of two new member organisations: the Bulgarian Financial Forum (BFF), active in the protection of consumers in the financial area in Bulgaria, and the Bund der Versicherten (Association of the Insured), safeguarding the interest of the insured in Germany. Both organisations join now  forces with Better Finance to

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of two new member organisations: the Bulgarian Financial Forum (BFF), active in the protection of consumers in the financial area in Bulgaria, and the Bund der Versicherten (Association of the Insured), safeguarding the interest of the insured in Germany. Read more here.

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)

“Behavioural finance experts [at Oxford Risk] have found financial advisers can give “remarkably different” advice from each other to the same clients based on factors including sleep or how long since the adviser last ate.” They said that recommendations “were closer to totally random than totally consistent” and were, furthermore, dependent on advisors’ personal characteristics

“It’s true that political salesmen can market a mythology and iconography that entice people into privileging a religion, ethnicity, or nation as their fundamental identity. With the right package of indoctrination and coercion, they can even turn them into cannon fodder. That does not mean that nationalism is a human drive. Nothing in human nature

ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, is organising the Investor Education Day on 30 October, looking at the importance of financial literacy, recent developments in financial education research and policy, best practices and how to best evaluate and measure the effectiveness of financial education initiatives. Speakers and panelists at the event include Eleni Tampaki,

Today, Alin Iacob, Chairman of the Association of Romanian Financial Services Users, vice chair of the EBA Banking Stakeholder Group and Board Member of BETTER FINANCE, participated in a Panel Discussion on Retail Conduct Supervision at the Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day 2017. He brought the perspective from Central and Eastern Europe on this important

On Monday 27 March, the ECON Committee of the European Parliament voted on an early non-objection of the delegated act for the implementation of the PRIIPs (Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based products) which should enter into force in January 2018 (initially scheduled for January 2017).  Sven Giegold, Member of the ECON Committee,

BETTER FINANCE and other European organisations representing savers and financial users were quite disappointed by today’s «Consumer Protection Day » jointly organised by the three European financial Supervisory Authorities (Securities & Markets, Insurance & Pensions and Banking). Please read here the press release.

The Chinese stock market crash, at first mistakenly identified as merely a “healthy clearing of froth”, triggered volatility in markets across the region and continues to gain momentum. “Black Monday”, as the event was nicknamed by “People’s Daily”, the Communist party’s newspaper, was the culmination of a week of the biggest declines witnessed on the Shanghai

On the 11th of March The Sunday Times published an article on closet indexers in light of the recent news of UK asset managers returning £34m following an investigation by the FCA uncovering widespread evidence of funds charging expensive management fees for doing little more that tracking their benchmark. The article refers to important work

BETTER FINANCE alongside with fund managers and Politicians have failed to persuade the European Union to implement amendments that were aimed at making documents easier to understand and more reliable for investors. Guillaume Prache, managing director of BETTER FINANCE, said the European Commission’s decision last week to sign off the rules without any amendments was

Last Saturday 5 October, the Flemish Federation for Investors (VFB) held its annual congress aimed at providing retail investors with investment tips. The event was a big success with more than 1.200 participants looking for the latest investment advice.  Watch this space for more information.